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PASSIONATE CENTURIE 



OF 



LOVE 



BY 

THOMAS WATSON 



REPRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL EDITION 
OF (circa) 1581 



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THE 

E'KATOMIIAGI'A 
R 

PAS S 10 N AT E 

Centurie of 

Loue, 

Divided into two parts : where- 
of, the firjl expreffeth the Au- 
thors fujferance in Lone : the 
latter, his long farewell to Lone 
and all Ids tyrannie. 

Compofed by Thomas Watfon 
Gentleman ; and published at 
the requeft of eertaine Gentle- 
men his very frendes. 




LONDON 

r£nij)rmteif 6b IohnWolfe for Gabriell 

Cawood, trtuellmtjc In |3aulc3 

Cljurtfjuartf at tfjc JHflixc ai 

vfc H0I2 6Tja£t. 



To the Right Honorable my 

very good Lord Edward de Vere, Earle 
of Oxenford, Vicount Bulbecke, Lord 

of Efcaks, and Badlefmere, and Lord High 

Chamberlaine of England, all 

happi?ieffe, 




Lexander the Great, pa/sing on a 
time by the workejliop of Apelles, 
curious lie furneyed fome of his do- 
inges : whofe long fay in viewing 
them, brought all the people into fo 



piP Q^pr'^P <^g|S great a good liking of the painters 
workemanjhip », that immediatelie after, they bought vp 
all Ms piclures, what price foeuer Iiefet them at. 

And the like good Iiappe, ( Right Honorable J befel 
vnto mee latelie, concerning thefe my Loue Pafsions, 
which then cliaunced to Apelles, for his Portraites. 
For fence the world JuxtJi vndei flood, (I know not Jiow) 
that your Honor had willinglie voutchfafed the acce- 
ptance of this zuorke, and at conueuient leifures fauou- 
rab lie pert fed it, being as yet but in zvritten hand, many 
haue oftentimes and earneflly called vpon mee, to put it 
to the preffe, that for their mouy they might but fee, 
what your Lordfeiip with fome liking had alreadie peru- 
fed. And therewithall fome of themfaid (either to yeeld 

A 3 your 



The Epiftle Dedicatorie. 

your H ono7ir his due prayfe, for foundnes of iudgement ; 
or to pleafe me, of whome long fence they had concerned 
well) that Alexander would like of no lines, but fitch 
as were drawsn by the cunning hand, and with the cu- 
rious penfell of Apelles. Which I fei not downe here to 
that end, that I would conferre my Poem.es with Apel- 
les Portraites, for worthineffe ; albeit I fit lie compare 
your Honors perfon with Alexanders, for excellencie. 
But how bold foeuer I haue bene, in turning out this my 
peltie poore flocke vpon the open Common of the zvide 
zvorld, where euerie man may behold their nakcdnejfe, I 
humbly make requcfl, that if arty feorme fall vulooked 
for (by the fault of malicious high foreheads, or the poy- 
fon of cuill edged tongues) thefe my little ones maye 
fhrowde thcmfelues vndcr the broad leafed Platane of 
your Honours patronage. And thus at this prcfent, I 
humbly take my leaue ; but ferfl wifliiug the continuall 
encreafe of your Lord/hips honour, with abundance of 
true Friends, reconciliation of all Foes, and what good 
foeuer tcudelh vnto perfect kappines. 

Your Lordfhips humbly at commaund 

Thomas VVatfon. 




To the f rend ly Reader. 



Ourteous Reader, if anie thing herein either 
pleafe or profitte thee, afforde me thy good 
worde in recompence of my paines : if ought 
offend or hurt thee, I defire that thou forget 
the one, and forgiue the other. This toye be- 
ing liked, the next may prooue better ; being 
difcouraged, wil cut of the likeliehood of my trauaile to come. 
But by that meanes all will be well, and both parties pleafed. 
For neither fliall I repent my labour in the like, nor thou be 
anie more troubled with my faultes or follies. 

Yet for this once I hope thou wilt in refpecl of my trauaile 
in penning thefe louepafsions, or for pitie of my paines in 
fuffering them (although but fuppofed) fo furuey the faultes 
herein efcaped, as eyther to winke at them, as ouerfightes of 
a blinde Louer ; or to excufe them, as idle toyes proceedinge 
from a youngling frenzie ; or laftlie, to defend them, by fay- 
ing, it is nothing Prcster decorum for a maiemed man to halt in 
his pafe, where his wound enforceth him, or for a Poete to fal- 
ter in his Poeme, whe his matter requireth it. Homer in mentio- 
ning the fwiftnes of the winde, maketh his verfe to runne in 
pofthafte all vpon Daclilus : and Virgill in exprefsing the ftri- 
king downe of an oxe, letteth the end of his hexameter fall 
withall, Procumbit hwni bos. 

Therefore if I roughhewed my verfe, where my fenfe was vn- 
fetled, whether through the nature of the pafsion, which I 
felt, or by rule of art, which I had learned, it may feeme a hap- 
pie fault ; or if it were fo framed by counfell, thou mayeft 
thinke it well donne ; if by chaunce, happelie. 

Yet write I not this to excufe my felfe of fuch errours, as are 
efcaped eyther by dotage, or ignorance : but thofe I referre to 
thy gentle curtifie and fauourable conftruction, or lay manie 
of them vpon the Printers necke, whom I would blame by his 
owne preffe, if he would fuffer me. 

As for any Ariftarchus, Momus, or Zoilus, if they pinch 
me more then is reafonable, thou courteous Reader, which 
arte of a better difpofition, fhalt rebuke them in my behalfe ; 

faying 



TO THE READER. 

faying to the firft, that my birdes are al of mine own hatching, 
and that my onelie ouermuch haft made Sol angrie in theire 
Birthday ; to the fecond, that although Venus be in my verfe, 
yet her flipper is left out ; to the laft and worft, that I rather 
take vpon me to write better then Chcerilus, then once fuppofe 
to imitate Homer. 

I am ouer long, as well for the feare I had to be bitten by 
fuch as are captious, as for the defire I haue to pleafe thee that 
art frendlie. But fince I now wel remember me, that nothing is 
more eaflie let flowne, nothing foner difperfed, nothing later 
recalled backe againe, then the bitter blaft of an euill fpoaken 
man, and that he, whome it fliall hurt, hath no recure but by 
patience ; I will fet it behinde my heele, as a hurt remedileffe, 
or els, when it comes, falue it vp with patience. 

In the meane fpace (curteous Reader) I once againe craue 
thy fauourable iudgement : and fo, for breuitie fake, abruptlie 
make an end ; committing the to God, and my worke to thy 
fauour. 



Thine, as thou art his, 
Thomas Watfon. 




Iohn Lyly to the Authour his friend, 

MY good friend, I haue read your new pafsions, and they 
Jiaue renewed mine old plea/tires, the which brought 
to me no leffe delight, the they haue done to your felfe 
commendations. A nd certes had not one of mine eies about fe- 
rious affaires beene zvatchfull, both by being too too bufie had 
beene wanton: fuch is the nature of persuading pleafure, that 
it melteth the marrow e before it fcorch the Jkin, and burnetii 
before it warmeth : Not vnlike vnto the oyle of leaf, which 
rotteth the bone and ncuer rancklcth the flefli, or the Scarab 
flies, which enter into the roote and neuer touch the rinde. 

And ivhereas you defire to haue my opinion, you may ima- 
gine that my ftomakc is rather cloyed, then quefic, & thcrforc 
mine appetite of leffe force the mine affeclion, fearing rather 
a furfet of fweetenes, then defiring a fatiffying. The repea- 
ting of Loue, wrought in vie a remembrance of liking, but /ev- 
oking the very vaines of my hearte, I could finde nothing but 
a broad fcarre, where I left a dcepe wounde : and loofe ftringes, 
ivhere I tyed hard knots : and a table of Jleele, where I framed 
a plot of wax. 

Whereby I noted that young ftvannes are grey, & the olde 
white, yofig trees tender, & the old tough, young me amorous, 
& growing in yeeres, either ivifer or warier. The Cor all in the 
water is afoft weede, on the land a hard flone : a fwordc frieth 
in the fire like a blacke cle, but layd in earth like white fnoive : 
the heart in loue is altogether pafsionate, but free from de- 
fire, altogether carclefsc. 

But it is not my intent to inueigh againfl loue, which wome 
account but a bare word, & that me reuerence as the befl God : 
onely this I would add without offence to Gentlewomen, that 
were not men more fuperflicious in their praifes, the wome are 

'v&j conflant 



conjlant in their pafsions : Lone woul deitker fhortly be worne 

out of vfe, or men out of lone, or women out of lightnes. I cd co- 
demne none but by coieclure, nor commend any but by lying, 
yet fufpicion is as free as thought, and as far re as I fee as necef 
fary, as credulitic. 

Touching your HI if res I mufi n cedes thin he well, feeing 
you haue written fo well, but as falfe glaffes flieive the fairefi 
faces, fo fine glofes ained the baddeft fancies. Apellcs painted 
the Phcuix by hcarefay not by fight, and Lyfippus engraued 
Vulcan with a flreight legge, tvJiome nature framed with a 
poult foote, which proueth men to be of greater affeclion then 
iudgement. But in that fo aptly you haue varied zppon wo- 
men, I will not vary from you, for confeffe I mufi, and if I 
fJiould not, yet mought I be compelled, that to Lone were the 
fweetej? tiling in the earth : If women were the faithfullefl, & 
that women would be more couflant if men were more wife. 
A nd feeing you haue vfed mce fo friendly, as to make me ac- 
quainted with your pafsions, I will fliortly make you pryuie to 
mine, which I wotilde be loth the printer flioulde fee, for that 
my fancies being neuer fo crooked lie would put the in fireiglit 
lines, vnfit for my humor, ncceffarie for his art, who fetteth 
downe, bliude, in as many letters as feeing. 

Farezvell. 




Authoris ad Libellum 

fimm Protreftticon. 

VAde, precor, timidus patrium mittende per orbe, 
Nee nugas iacla parue libelle tuas. 
Si qttis Arijlarchus mordaci Iceferit ore, 
Culparum caufas ingeniofus Jiabe. 
Si rogat, vnde venis, die tu de paupere Vena, 

Non ambire tuas laurea ferta comas. 
Sique rogat, verbis quis adauxit metrafolutis, 

Ex amimo nomen die cecidijje tibi. 
Forjitan intrabis noftrce facraria Diucz, 

Quam colit in medijs multa Diana rojis, 
Quce Cybele cceli nojlri ; quce gloria regni 

Vnica ; qticeque fui fola Sybilla foli ; 
Quce vatum lima ejl ; quce doclis doclior ipfa; 

Iuno opibus, Pallas moribus, ore Venus ; 
Qtice fuperat Reges, quantum querceta myricas ; 

Quam recinat Fames buccina nulla fatis, 
Ilia tuos fanclo Ji fpeclet htmine rithmos, 

O qtiantum gemino Sole beatus eris f 
Tufedjlrahis humi,fupplex ampleclere plantas, 

Cuius erit vili ponder e Ice/a manus. 
Hie tamen, hie moneo, ni fperes tanta futura ; 

Attica no7i auris murmtcra vana probat. 
Hie quoqtie feu fubeas Sydncei,Jiue Dyeri 

Scrinia, qua Mujis area bina patet ; 

*fe 2 Dic 

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Die te Xeniolum non diuitis ejfe clientis, 

Confeclum Dryadis arte, rudique manu ; 
Et tcimcn exhibitum Vero, qui magna meretur 

Virtute et vera nobilitate fua. 
Inde ferenato vultu te mitts vterque 

Perleget, et nceuos condet vterque tuos. 
Dum famulus Verum comitaris in aurea tecla, 

Officij femper fit tibi cura tui. 
Turn for taffe pijs Nymphis da bit ille legejidum, 

Cum de Cyprigeno verba iocofa ferent. 
Si qua tui nimium Domini miferetur amantis, 

Sic crepita foli/'s, vt gemuiffe putet. 
Tetricafi qua tamen blandos damnauerit ignes, 

Die tu, mentito me tepuijfe foco ; 
Tu.mque refer talos, et fixtim calce figillum, 

Qua Venerem temnis, filiolumque fuum. 
Taliter efficies, vt amet te Candida turba, 

Forfan & Atitoris palma futura tui. 
Vine libelle, precor, Domino felicior ipfo, 

Quern fine demerito fors inopina premit : 
Denique, (fi vifum fuerit ) die rnontis in alto 

Pierij vacuum tempora dura pali. 




A Quatorzain , in the com 

mendation of M after Thomas 

Watfon, and of Ids Mijires, for zvhom 

he wrote this Booke of Pafsionat 

Sonnetes. 



T%z ftacc'0, toljid) tua at Petrarch's bpjtljliap raigne, 
Mere ftjrt againe at tljp natiuitp, 
SDetoing tljee tlje Thufcan's poette, 

(HllljO Haiti tlje ffeieg in foftp Quatorzain, 

Clje Mufes gaue to tljee tljp fatall tame, 

Clje tserp Came, tljat Petrarch lja§, toljerebp 

Madonna Laures fame 10 grotone fo Ijp, 

JStnti tljat toljerebp f)ig gloip Ije §iD pine. 

Cljou ijalt a Laure, toljom toeli tljou ooft comment), 
&n& to tjer pjaife t|p paction fong# Do tend • 

fee ootlj fuclj pjaiXe tseferue, ag naugljt can fmotljer- 
3Jn bjtefe tost!) Petrarch ants Ijig Laure in grace 
Cljou ants tljp 2Dame be eqttall, faue peccafe 

djou palfe tlje one, anti fyee.rceU'js tlje otljer* 

G. Bucke. 
To the A uthour. 

T% tioofce beginning ftoeete anti entnng Cottle, 
SDeere frieno, iieto^ape0 tip falfe focceile m lone, 
(Lfllljere fntiling fir(£tljp 9^iftce0 fallen to fotoje, 
(HHljen tljou Dis3'H Ijope ijer curtefie to pjotte-, 
&nti fintsfng tljp e.rpectets Ittcfee to faple, 
tljott falft front pjaife, anti ooff begin to raple* 
Co tCe great teatmeg in pjaife of tljp Derate, 
3I tljtnke toere taine: tljerefoje 31 leaue tljem out; 
Content tljee, tljat tlje Cenfute of tlje toffe 
^atlj put tljat neeoele^ queffion out of ooubt : 

get Ijotoe 3f toeiglj tlje too$e tljat tljou Ijad tojottjyljt, 
ST^P iudgement 3 referee two tljp tljougfjt 

T. Achcley. 



An Ode , written to the Mufes Concerning 

this Authour . 

Y£Ht facreo Nymphes, Apoiioes ftfferg faire, 
SDaugljtcrg of ioue, parentess of race tieuife, 
Mlfjg take pott no fceligljt m cljange of apje ? 
^0 Helicon pour onclp paratule ? 

^arlj Britan Cople no Ijfll, no Ijeatlj, no tefil, 
j]3o toooo, no toit, toljerein pott lift to toll ? 
Ladies fcotttfafe tottlj patience once to foietoe 
flDur Itttclp Cptfngtf, Ijitjlj Ijilig, anti pleafaunte u)aoc0, 
0nt> ag pott like tlje feat anli countries Ijetoe, 
ptclje HoVone pour tenter, ant) tsfe pour fpom'nn; traoe0 : 
^acti Ijap t't 10, if nottjinp: Ijere pott untie 
TEijat pott can Deeme UelijjIjtatU to pour miniie* 
Hoe Watfon p2eft to enterteine pour potoje 
31 n pleafante fj$ng# of flowing- tm't, am Cfeili: 
3!f pott elTccnie tljc pleafureg of Ijig bote, 
fLet Britan beace pour Cp?ing:, pour poise ano Ijiil, 
TOat it ijence foojtl) map of pour fattottu boaft, 
&nft Ijint, toljome ftrft pott Ijeere fcoutfafe Coj Ijoait 

C. Downhalus. 
Eiufdem aliud de 
Authore. 

GRcecia pcniinltos peperit fcecunda poetas, 
Quorum lap/a din fczcula, fama manct. 
Aufonia Argolicm tellus poft amulet, laud is 

Tranftulit in Latios doclum Helicon a funis. 
Acceptam Latium tenuit fouitque poefin, 

Inque dies L aunts auget, Apollo, tuas. 
Galica Parnafso cospit ditefcere lingua, 

Ronfardique operis Luxuriare nouis. 
Sola quid interea nullum paris Anglia vatem ? 

Verfifices mitlti, nemo poeta tibi eft. 
Scilicet ingenium mains f nit hacleuiis arte: 

Forsau & hie mcrees defit vtriquc fua. 
Ingcnio tandem pr&Jlans Wat/onus, & arte, 

Pieridas docuit verba Britanna loqui. 
Etfaciles alijs aditus pafefeeit ad artem, 

Quai/i multi cupiunt fingcrc, nemo refcrt, 
IJle tuns labor eft, lucrum eft Wat/one, tuorum ; 

Et tua, ne deftnt prcemia, Laurus erit. 



1%'fi CeltJome fccne tljat Merite Ijatlj fjigf Due, 
£Dc 010 Dezerte tO fitltl lji'3 iuft DCfll'C : 

jfoj notoe Reproofe toitfj yt0 Mating; ccetse 
treaties tmoccfootc tljat r&ljtlp fyoulfc afppje: 

QpilOC Induftrie tufcoitrag'b ljiDe0 ljl'3 face, 

£n& ftjunsr tlje light in feare to mccte Difgrace. 
■aclS fcene fain J (pet aitoaiegf fccne Voitl) tonic) 
'Cljat Merite gains poti tot'll, a plDm Ijp^e, 
(lillitlj toljome Reproofe t'0 caft aQtse fin fcumme- 
„ TO at potoes apace tljat tertue ijclptf fafpire- 
£nti induftrie tacll eljcariuYt to Ijis face 
3 n funifnne toalfceg, in fpfarljt of foteje Difgrace. 
d)& fauour Ijatij put lire into tlje pen, 
TOat Ijeere pjefentegf §t£ firtt fame in tljisf feinUe : 
^e ljopc0 acceptance, tcknUy patmte it fgtn • 
^Bercljaunce fome better toojke tiotj) {tap betjmM 
S^p cenfuce 10, to^icf) reading; potf fl;ali fee, 
ja Pythy, fweete, ants cunning poeCpe + 

M. Roydon. 



To the AiLthour. 

I jf patter fjeattoeai fl&all count it ouerlsgljt, 
^0 tceate Of Loue : fap tljQU tO ttjem : A fbaine 
Is incident vnto the fineft dye. 

£nti pet no ftaine at all it ig foj tljee, 

TOtfe lai ^ 0^ Loue > a # nwitl) to iiielancljolp, 

^0 follOtee faft tf$ fat! Antigone, 

cURIjic!) map beare out a bjoaoer tooilie tfjcn tljis, 
ComppfD foitlj lu&pment, o:Dec, ants toitlj arte. 




13 



A Quatorzain of the Au- 

thour vnto this his booke 
of Loziepafsi- 



Mf little boo&e goe fjpe tljee fjente atoap, 
cEiljofe pjtce ( d5oD tooto'0 ) Ml countcrDaile no parte 
flDf paines J took, to make tfjee toljat tljou arte ; 
&nD pet 31 fop tljp b^tlj* But Ijence 3 rap, 
'cOjp lijotljerg are Ijalte ljuct dp tljt? Delape ; 
jfo? tljou tljp feice arte like tlje DeaDtp Dart, 
^llijfcij fycD tljp hvyd) from out nip tootmDeD Ijart 
But (till obferue tbte rale toljece ere tijou (tape, 
31 n all tljou mafft tenDec tljp fatljerg fame, 

„ Bad is the Bird, that fileth his owne neft. 

31 f tljott fee muclj iiisiliii't, ^Tijep are to blame, 
»>ap tljou, tljat ticctiess toeil Donne to euttt ft^eft: 

°)3Dj elsf confeffe, A Toye to be tljp name • 
„ W&& tnflino: tooilD A Toye befeemetlj bed. 





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I. 

The Author in this Pafsion taketh but occafion to 
open his eftate in loue ; the miferable accidentes 
whereof are fufficiently defcribed hereafter in the 
copious varietie of his deuifes : & whereas in this 
Sonnet he feemeth one while to defpaire, and yet 
by & by after to haue fome hope of good fucceffe, 
the contrarietie ought not to offend, if the nature 
& true qualitie of a loue pafsion bee well confide- 
red. And where he mentioneth that once hee fcor- 
ned loue, hee alludeth to a peece of worke, whiche 
he wrote long fince, De Remedio Amoris, which he 
hath lately perfected, to the good likinge of many 
that haue feene and perufed it, though not fully to 
his owne fancy, which caufeth him as yet to kepe 
it backe from the printe. 

W(0l fare tlje life fometimes 31 letitie ere tljis, 
(HHijeii yzt no ootonp Ijeare pclad inv face: 
my ijeart oeuopiie of tares Oio bat}) m bu'CCe, 
my tljougljts toere free in etterp time $ plate : 
ISut noto (alas) all's fotole, toljsrij tljen toaS farce, 
®$y toonteo iopes are tumtnj to Defpaire. 
Mjere tljen 31 liu'D toitijout contcoule o? c&eefee, 
Sin other noto is miltris of mp minoe, 
Cupid Ijatlj clapt a poafee fcpon mp neclie, 
(Enoer toljose toafrytjte 3 Hue m feruile tottfie: 
3 noto en? creafee, tijat ere 3 Cto^neo loue, 
Mjofe ntlgljt is mo?e tljen otljer (Boos aboue* 
3 fjatie aHaioe by labour to efcfjetoe 
(IMjat fancy iutiltses tpon a loue conceite, 
But neartljeleiXe my tljougljt ratines aneto, 
(HRftere in fonts loue is tojapt, ants ioojfeeg oeceite: 
&)ome comfojt pet 3 tjaue to Hut Ijer tljjall, 
3|n toljome as yzt % fine no fault at all 
Si 



! J. 



In this pafsion the Author defcribeth in how pitious 
a cafe the hart of a louer is, being ( as he fayneth 
heere ) feperated from his owne body, & remoued 
into a darkfome and folitarie wildernes of woes. 
The coueyance of his inuention is plaine & plea- 
fant enough of it felfe, and therefore needeth the 
leffe annotation before it. 



Ml I) arte ijs fctt Ijim tiofeme ttofcrt Ijopc •$ fearer 
(Upon tijc Home bank of ijiyrt) tiefire, 
^o fcieto Ijfd oton maoe flun of blubbering: reared 
(Lcllljode taaued are bitter Calt, anti Ijote ad fire: 
TO ere blotocd no blaft or toints but ffljoftlp groneg 
jJ2oj toaued make otljer nopfe tljen pitfousf moaned 
m life to ere fpent Ije toaftetlj Charons boate, 
SLixti tljmkcd Ije otoellel on fttie of Stigian lake: 
But blacfee Defpaire fonte tinted toitlj open tyioate, 
€>? fpfffljtfull Jeloutie Dot!) caufe Ijfm quake, 

oMti) lyMlnujt U)iikt$ on Ijnn tljej? call anti trie 
TO at Ije ad pet ft)all nertjer lute no? Me: 
TOn0 fcopoe of Ijclpe !je fitted in Ijeauie cafe, 
0iu) toantetlj tiopec to make Ijig suit complaint 
jJ5o floVor but Hiacynth m all tlje place, 
iI3o funne corned tljere, no? anv ijeatt'nlP fafnte, 
Mit onelp ft)ee, toljiclj in ijisn felfe remained, 
&m topeS ijer eafe tljouglj Ije abounU in pained. 




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1 1 1. 



This pafsion is all framed in manner of a dialogue, 
wherein the Author talketh with his owne heart, 
beeing nowe through the commandement and 
force of loue feparated from his bodie miracu- 
louflie, and againft nature, to follow his miftres, 
in hope, by long attendance vpon her, to pur- 
chafe in the end her loue and fauour, and by that 
meanes to make him felfe all one with her owne 
hearte. 

Speake gentle ijeart, toljere 10 tljp duelling place ? 
to* ljer,toljofe birtlj tljeljeaueng tfcemfelueg ijauc Melt* 
dfllfjat dolt tljou tijere? &omtmte0 feeljold Ijer face, 
&nd lodge fometimeg toitljin l)zc cnftall tueff : 
»>lje cold, tljou Ijot, Ijoto can you tljen agree ? 
pot nature noto, but loue dotlj gouerne me* 
Sflittl) fjec to (It tljou remaine, and let mee die ? 
3|f 31 returne, toee botfy tljall tife Ui griefe: 
|lf (till tljou (tape, toljat good fijall jyrotoe tljerebp ? 
3jle moue ijer Ijeart to puccljafe tfjp reliefe: 

TOat ft* Ijer Ijeart lie ijard, § ffop lj& eared ? 
3jle Sgrfj aloud, t make Ijim foft tottij tearesf : 
3|f tfjat pjeuafle, toilte tljou returne from tljence ? 
Pot 3 alone, Ijer Ijeart fljall come toulj mee : 
Cljen to til ^ou botlj line tinder mp defence ? 
S>o long a0 life toill let fcg botlj agree : 

aEijH tljen oifpaire, goe pacfte tljee Ijence atoap, 
3] Hue in Ijope to tjaue a golden daie + 




& a 



Z> 17 



Ill I. 

The chiefe grounde and matter of this Sonnet ftan- 
deth vppon the rehearfall of fuch thinges as by 
reporte of the Poets, are dedicated vnto Venus, 
whereof the Authour fometime wrote thefe three 
Latine verfes. 

Mons Erycinus, Acidalius fans, alba columba, 
Hcfpcrus, oraPatuos,Rofa, Myrtus, &infula Cyprus, 
Idaliunique nanus ; Veneri hcBcfimt omnia facra. 
And Forcatulus the French Poet wrote vppon the 
fame particulars, but more at large, he beginneth 
thus, 

EJl arbor Veneri Myrtus gratifsima, jlorcs 

Tam Rofa, quam volucres alba columba prczit. 
Igniferum cceli pro? cunclis diligit ajlris 

Hcfperou, Idatium fcepe adit vna nanus. &c. 

SUMztu Venus if a-3 notoe tljou ffanti mi? frientie, 
m once tljou DiDft tsnto l&inge* Priams fonne, 
9$p I'opfull nutfe (frill ncuec make an cnti 
M pHiTino: tljcc, anD all tijat tljou Ijatt Done: 

Mot tljfg mp penne fijall euer eeafe to to^te 
flDf ougljt, txujenn ftocetc Venus takeg tieltte* 
S^P temples Ijcopti in toitlj Myrtle tiotocd 
»>ljall. fet afioe Apoiioes Lawreii tree, 
diSsTem- 6 ' %$ m * Anchifes fonne, teijen botlj fr'0 tiptop 
pora Mirto. flfllitlj Myrtle Ijee Iiefct, to Ijonour tljee : 
virg. Cijen to ill 3| fa?, tlje Rofe of flotoress 10 bed. 

J3nn CHuer Dooues Ini turtles ejcell tlje reft* 
3Je pjaife no ftarre but Hefperus alone, 

5/i0J anp ijfll imt Erycinus mOUltfC, 

$oj anp toooifce but idaly alone, 

$>oj an? fpjmg: but Acidalian founte, 
0$l an? iano but onelp Cyprus ujoare, 
jj3o£ d5oti0 but Houe, a toijat tooulti Venus moje ? 




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V. 



All this Pafsion (two verfes only excepted) is whol- 
ly tranflated out of Petrarch, where he writeth, 
S'amor non e, che dunque e quel cKifento f 
Ma segli e amor, per Dio cJie cofa, e quale ? 
Se buona, oud'e Veffetto a/pro e mortale ? 
Se ria, ond'eji dolce ogni tormento ? 



Part, prima 
Sonet. 103. 



Heerein certaine contrarieties, whiche are incident 
to him that loueth extreemelye, are liuely expref- 
fed by a Metaphore. And it may be noted, that the 
Author in his firft halfe verfe of this tranflation va- 
rieth from that fenfe, which Chawcer vfeth in tran- 
slating the felfe fame : which he doth vpon no o- 
ther warrant then his owne fimple priuate opini- 
on, which yet he will not greatly ftand vpon. 



I 



ft free not lone 31 feele, to|at ig it tljen ? 
If loue it free, toljat kinti a tljiiuj i& loue ? 
3\f gooti, fcoto cljance Ije !jucte0 to many men ? 
%Z fratfo, froto ijapp'g tljat none W |}uute0 oifpjotte 



3|f toillmglp % frurne, fjoto rfjance % toaile ? 

3ji pinft \rq toiil,toljat Cojroto to til auatle ? 
£D Isuetome Dcatlj, £D Ctocete anti pleafant ill, 
J3pmfc nip msntie fjoto can tljp migljt pmtaile ? 
y i t5en ^ 1 b&tkz, m ^ hut refcame mp tofll, 
Jf J content, 3] fcoe not toe 11 to toat'le ; r Adduntur 

c HnD touching ijint, toljome bill Ijatlj matte a aaue, J Tutcmo 

l W&Z ^Dtierfre fait!) Of 0ll«e, Selfe doe, felfe haue. 

t&Xyas freeing; toft toitlj toinoeg 0? Ctmtup Co^te 

Cjjouglj Daitnff'cou^ ^ea^ but in a fletioec Boat, 

aEttf) ei'rour ftatt, ants Dtftt'n befttie tlje pojte, 

Mjece foofoe of toifbomeg fraigljt it iie3 afioate, 
3 toaue tn Doubt toljat Ijelpe Ij (ijall require, 
3 it Nominee freeze, in tointec frume like fire* 



l_vei±as. 




T -9 



VI. 



This pafsion is a tranflation into latine of the felfe 
fame fonnet of Petrarch which you red laftly allea- 
ged, and commeth fomwhat neerer vnto the Ita- 
lian phrafe the the Englifh doth. The Author whe 
he tranfiated it, was not then minded euer to haue 
imboldned him felfe fo farre, as to thruft in foote 
amongft our englifh Poets. But beinge bufied in 
tranflating Petrarch his fonnets into latin new clo- 
thed this amogft many others, which one day may 
perchance come to light : And becaufe it befit- 
teth this place, he is content you furuey it here as 
a probable figne of his dayly fufferance in loue. 

Ocfi non fit amor, quod perfentifco, quid ergo eft? 
Si fit amor, turn quid Jit amor qualif que rogandum: 
Si bonus eft, vnde effeclus producit acerbos ? 
Sin mains, vnde eius tormentum dulce putatur ? 
Sique volcns vror, qiwe tanti caufa doloris ? 

Sin iuuitus amo, quid me /amenta iuuabuut ? 
O IcBthum viuax, 6 dclcclabilc damnum, 
Qui fie me fuperes, tibi fi concederc nolim ? 
Ei me fi patior vinci, cur lugeo viflus? 

Aduerfis rapior veutis, nitUoquc magiftro, 
Per maris cjfufifluclus, in puppe caduca, 
Qucu vacua ingenio, t ant o que err ore gran at a eft, 
Ipfus vt ignorem dc me quid dicerc pofjim : 
Frigeo, dum media eft aftas ; dum bruma, calefco. 




VII. 

This pafsion of loue is liuely expreffed by the Au- 
thour, in that he lauifhlie praifeth the perfon and 
beautifull ornamentes of his loue, one after an 
other as they lie in order. He partly imitateth here 
in Aeneas Siluins, who fetteth downe the like in de- 
fcribing Lucretia the loue of Euryalus; & partly he 
followeth Ariofto cant. 7. where he defcribeth Al- 
cina : & partly borroweth from fome others where 
they defcribe the famous Helen of Greece : you may 
therefore, if you pleafe aptlie call this fonnet as a 
Scholler of good iudgement hath already Chrifte- 
ned it aivrj irapaa-TLTiKy. 



H&vkz nn tljat lilt to Ijcare toljat fainte 3 feme: 
lieu pelloVoe locker e.rceeoe tlje foeaten pulDe ; 
l^er Cpar&eung; e?es in Ijeau'it a place tsefectte- 
%r fojeljeaD Jigf) anta fafre of cornel? moitlDe; 
Iqzt toojties act mtiftcfec all of ftltter founae; 
^ec to it id ff}arpe ajs like can fcarfe in founti: 
(Baclj eplnotoe gauges like iris m tlje ikies ; 
" l^ec Eagles nofe is teigljt of ftatelp frame ; 
£Dn eifner cjjeefee a Rofe ants Lillie iiejs ; 
tyzc bmt\) is ftoecte pctfume, 02 Ijollie flame: 
l^ei* lips tnoje re5 tljen an? Corali Hone- 
^zt imkz moiz toljite, tfjcii ageti * Swans p* mane ; 
l^er ineft tranfparent is, likz Chriftaii mzkz; 
^er fingers long:, fit foz Apolioes inte- 
ger flipper fuel) as * Momus Dare not mocfee; 
l?er teenies all fo great as make me mute : 
(lfllljat otfjer parted it}e Ijatl) J neeDe not fa?, 
SGIfjofe face alone is caufe of xtty Became. 




" Nafus Aqui- 
lin 9 ex Perfaru 
opinione ma- 
ieftatem per- 
fonce arguit. 

* Quale fuo 
recinit funere 
carmen Olor, 
Strozza. &vide 
Plin. de cantu 
Olorino lib. 10. 
nat. hiil. cap. 23. 

* Vide Chiliad. 
I. cent. 5 adag. 
74. vbi Erafm. 
ex Philoftrati 
ad vxorem epi- 
ftola mutuatur. 






VIII. 

Acleuon for efpying Diana as fhee bathed her naked, 
was transformed into a Hart, and fone after torne 
in pieces by his owne houndes, as Ouid defcribeth 
at large lib. 3. Metamorph. And Silius Italictis libr. 1 2. 
de bello Punico glaunceth at it in this manner. 
Fa ma eft, cum lace r is Acta; on flebile inembris 
Supplicium lueret fpeclatce iufonte Diana, 
Attonitnm nouitate mala fugiffe parentem 
Per freta Ariftceum. &c. 
The Author alluding in al this Pafsion vnto the fault 
of Acl&on, and to the hurte, which hee fufteined, 
fetteth downe his owne amorous infelicitie ; as 
Ouid did after his banimmente, when in an other 
fenfe hee applied this fiction vnto himfelfe, being 
exiled (as it fhould feeme) for hauing at vnawares 
taken Ccefar in fome great fault : for thus hee wri- 
teth. 

Cur aliquid vidi, cur noxia lamina feci f &c. 
Infcins A clczon vidit fine vefte Dianam, 

Prcuda fuit canibns nee minus illefuis. 

Action loft in middle of W fpojt 
Botlj ffjape ant! life, foj looking but a to$, 
Diana toas afraid Ijc toottlti repeat 
SEIjat ferreted Ijc Ijaa Ceene m pafung; hv : 

%n tell hut tructij, tije felfe fanteijuitijaue 31 
JSy fcietoing; ijer, to: toljome 3 daplp die- 
31 leefe my tooonted ifcape, in tijat my tninfce 
Sotij fuifer tojacfee tipon tije (tonic rocfee 
^fijer difdame, toljo contrary to fcmtse 
BDotij bcarc a bjeff mo^c Ijaine tljen an? Hotke- 
3nd fozmer fomte of limmeg 15 changed quite 
Bp caress m loue, and toant of due delist* 
31 leefe hip life in tijat cacij fecret tyougljt, 
OcHijiclj 3i°tonceiue tljjouglj teanton fond regard, 
SDotlj make me Cap, tijat life auailetlj nougyt 
cIMjere ferttice cannot Ijaue a due retoard : 

1 dare not name tije j|5implj tijat too$2f my fmart, 
^Ijougij loue ijatij ijrau'n ijer name toitljm my Ijart 



IX. 

Clytia (as Perottus witneffeth) was a glorious Nimph, 
and thereof had her name : for fc\eo<i in greeke fig- 
nifieth glorie : and therfore fhe afpired to be the 
loue of Sol him felfe, who preferring Leucothoe be- 
fore her, flie was in fhort fpace ouergonne with 
fuch extreemitie of care, that by compaffion of 
the Gods fhee was tranfformed into a Marigolde; 
which is fignificantlie called Heliotrophcm, be- 
caufe euen nowe after change of forme fhee ftill 
obferueth the riling and going downe of hir belo- 
ued the funne, as Ouid mentioneth, 
J I la faum, quamuis radice tenetur, 
Vertitur ad Solent, mutataque feruat amorcm. Metam. lib. 4. 

And by this it maie eafriie bee gheffed, whie in this 
paffion the Authour compareth him felfe with 
the Marigold, and his loue vnto the Suniie. 



Tf*e Marigold fo UU$ tfje loiltlv £>Uime, 
Cljat toljen Ije fetter the ortjer tu'tieg Ijec fate, 
£nt) toijen Ije pmeg U$ morning cotirfe to runne, 
j©>lje fp^ea&es aiuoatJ, $ u)otoecf tjer greatcft grace: 
fo u)ut£ m fpjontg mp iop, a0 Dotlj tfjig floto'je, 
Voljcn mp Sheefune Saotlj either laugh oj lotojc* 
flfltfjen ft)ee departed mv fight, 31 trie toi paine, 
3Jn doling tip n\v Ijearte toitij cloutiie care; 
jgnti pet tofjen once 31 fcietoe Ijec face againe, 
3| (ftefgftt reume, ants iope mp toonteti face: 

CljercVDifh mp heart oite Cafeg, toljen all i$ none, 
Chat ijeau'n and earth Ijaue not a iuigljter funne. 
Si iealous tljougljt pet putted mv ntintie in feare, 
%tH loue him felfe fceicentitnfi; from Ijrs tj^one 
&>ljoultie take lip Health and place Ijcr in lji'0 fpljeare, 
{£>l (n Come ijtgljcr globe to rule alone: 

WM) it Ije ftjoultJ, tije fjeau'ng might boaft tljeir 
IBut 31 (ala-s) might curfe p* Difmall tiap. (pjape 

25 



23 



X. 



The Authour hath made two or three other paffi- 
ons vpon this matter that is heere conteined, al- 
luding to the loffe of his fight and life fince the 
time he firft beheald her face, whofe loue hath 
thus bewitched him. But heere hee mentioneth, 
the blindneffe of Tyrcfias to proceed of an other 
caufe, then he doth in thofe his other Sonnettes. 
And heerein he leaneth not to the opinion of the 
greater forte of Poets, but vnto fome fewe, after 
whom Polytian hath written alfo, as followeth ; 



* Quod natu- 
rale effe, ait 
Plinius lib. 1 1 . 
natur. hill. c. 36, 



Baculum dat delude petentem 
Tyrefice magni, qui quondam Pallada nudam 
vidit, & hoc raptam penfauit munere luccm. 
Sue/us in offcnfos baculo duce tender e greffus 
Nee deejl ipfejibi, quin facro injlintla furore 
Ora mouet, tantique par at folatia daiuui. 

Mfne* cpe0 ^e firft, toljidj laft eniopeii life, 
jf2ot ijtiit bp Meare'o e?e$, but jjtti? toiflj li$Ijt 
<SDf fuclj a blading: ftaixe as fcm&eletlj ftrife 

Mifljin m# i^eft ass \®zll ftp tiap m niiyfjt: 

£ttD pet 110 pOjOtetl Cockatrice utrfc't fljeiT, 

3£ec tfcctuoujs fieamesf DtCCuatie fuel) foolity 
Beti&etf, 3 lute ass pet • tljotifflj blmDeb notoe (feare. 
Hike Ijim, tljat fatoe Mineruaes nafceD fitse, 

&nti loft jjtg fjjyijt (poo?e foulc) not knowing; Ijotoe- 
£Bl likt to Ijfni, Vofjotne euill cljance betfoe, 
3in toping; farce to Hffljt bpon tljat plate, 
flfllljece mstift a fount Ije fotm&e Dianaes grace* 

But fje alOlie, toljO Polyphemus Ijiffljf, 

<clrctoe pattcene teas* of me an& all nip teoe, 
flDf all tlje reft tljat ener loft tijet'r ugljt : 
* Gaiatsea iaas jfoj Mix® blmtse, pet lone poileft Ijfm fo, 

»Sir?tn fewnff fonffCSS Of lOIie tO * Galataea (till 

Olif Nereus. 



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XI. 



In this fonnet is couertly fet forth, how pleafaunt a 
paffio the Author one day enioyed, whe by chance 
he ouerharde his miftris, whilft fhe was finginge 
priuately by her felfe : And fone after into howe 
forrowfull a dumpe, or founden extafie he fell, 
when vpon the firft fight of him fhe abruptlie fini- 
fhed her fong and melodie. 

O(0oulocn luro anli Phenix of our age, 
toljofe ftoecte rccoits-3 aiio moit tl)m cactljl? fcotce 
Bp toontyottjs fojce Did tljen mv ptefe afltoajje 
(L&Iljen notljing eld couiti make hip Ijeart reiopte, 
tE3)P tettneg (no tioubt) Ijao matse a later enti, 
JC tfjoutjaoft fenotoen ijoto mttclj tijcp irooo nip Crenti* 
Sfllljen ftlence HjoimD tlje latter toacblmg; noate," 
& fttooen greife eclppft nip Conner tope, 
St^P life it felfe in calling Carons boate 
SDib Ctglj, anD Cap, tljat pleafttre fuougljt anop ; 
janD Mant'D mine eare foj liitning to fge fount! 
£>f fuclj a Conge, a3 Ijao increaft mp toouno* 
S©P Ijeauie Ijeart rentcntiirtng toljat toa-3 pad 
2Dto Cojrotoc nioie tfjen anp toting* can tell- 
2L0 oio tlje oamneo fouled "tljat itoooe agaft, 
toljen Orpheus toitlj Ijijs totfe return'o front Ijell : 
get toljo toottlD tljmfc, tljat St^uufce toijiclj is Ctocte, 
3|n curing pained could cattCe Deli'teg to fleete ? 




£ 25 



XI I. 



The fubiect of this paffion is all one with that, which 
is next before it : but that the Authour fomwhat 
more highly here extolleth his ladies excellencie, 
both for the fingularitie of her voyce, | her won- 
derful! arte in vie & moderation of the fame. But 
moreouer, in this fonet, the Authour relateth how 
after the hearing of his miftris fmg, his affection 
towardes her by that meanes was more vehemet- 
ly kindled, then it had bin at any time before. 



* Sic methym- 
nreo gauifus 
Arione Del- 
phin, Martial, 
lib. 8. 

* Confurgen- 
te freto ccdit 
Lyra Cyllensea 
Ruff. Feft. 



1 



S^ernai'le 3!, toljp poet0 Ijerctofoje 

(feoltl * A'rions fjarp, OJ Mercuries, 

^Itljottfflj tljz one Dili i^fnp a fill) to fyoaje, 
Slxto rtj'otljtc ag a * fuxne afcom'ti tlje rfcfe& 
if tljep toftlj me IjaU Ijarfc an Hnpllg bote, 
Cijep tooitUj linfap tljem CeI«e£,anD p?aiTe mpcljotfe* 

|20t Philomela ttOtO tTereniCSf fiJC pjl'CC, 

'tOjougl) fteeetclp ff}e recount Ijer cattfe of moane: 

fflni Phaebus arte in tntiCicall tseitife, 

^itljottglj |)i0 lute anti tiopce aceo^ in one; 
Muficke Ijer fell, anti all tije mufes nine, 
ifoj Aril oj tiopce tiieir titles! map reftgne, 

O intrer Ctocete, oj Ijttnnv mi,rt te'tlj gall, 

Sip? tjact ijai Ijurt tmtfj ottcnmtclj tie'u'gljt, 

Qpjme earegf toell plcaf o toiflj tetonesf, pet iseff tottlj all : 

WHlougfy nmficfecf ijelpc lone Ijatfj mcreaff lji£ migljt- 
31 ftoppe mine caress as toife viiffes ban, 
But all to late, noto loue Ijatlj mane me man* 




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XIII. 

The Authour defcanteth on forwarde vpon the late 
effect, which the fong of his Miftres hath wrought 
in him, by augmenting the heate of his former 
loue. And in this paffion after he hath fet downe 
fome miraculous good effe6t.es of Muficke, hee 
falleth into queftion with him felfe, what fhould 
be the caufe, why the fweete melodie of his Mi- 
ftres flioulde fo much hurte him, contrarie to 
the kinde and nature of muficall harmonie. 

ESclcpiad did cure tostij trumpets fottntie 
»ucf) nien as firft Ijao loir tfjeir Ij earing; quite: 
&nt> mamj Cttcij as in tijeir hiinkz lap tijotonD 
Damon reuiu'o tottf) tunes of pans Dcligljt: 
£no Theophraft unjen ougljt f)is mince oppieff, 
OTD ntufic&es Ijelpe to bjins" tjtni felfe to ceil: 
flfllitf) fotmDe of Ijarpe Thaies Did make retuce 
53Df fuel) as lap tasiti) peftilence fo^lome : 
flxLlitb C>jp;an pipes Xenocrates mabe pure 
'ZOjesretoits, toljofe minDcS long Lunacy f}aD toome: 
^otoe comes it tljen, id) at tnuftcfe m nip minbe 
dfrifojcctlj caufe of ljurt apmtt Ijer kinu ? 
foj fince 3 IjearD a feccet ijeau'nb Cong;, 
%mt Ijatij fo to^ougljt bp tsertue of conceite, 
^Ttjat 31 ftali pine tiponTuppofeo tojong 
(HnlefXe u)ee peelbe, tijat did mee fuel) Deceit : 

0) cares noto oeife, £D to its all HjotonH tn cares, 
flD ijeatt furp^f o toitf) plapes at tmatoares* 




XI I I I. 

The Authour ftill purfuing his inuention vpon the 
fong of his Miftres, in the laft ftaffe of this fonnet 
he falleth into this fiction : that whileft he gree- 
delie laied open his eares to the hearing of his 
Ladies voice, as one more then halfe in a doubt, 
that Apollo him felfe had beene at hand, Loue e- 
fpiyng a time of aduantage, tranfformed him felfe 
into the fubftance of aier, and fo deceitfullie 
entered into him with his owne great goodwill 
and defire, and nowe by mayne force ftill hol- 
deth his poffeffion. 

S€)ntC tljat CepOJte great Alexanders life, 
%X)t)l tap, tljat Ijannonie Co mou'D bitf mints, 
'(Iliac oft !je roafe from meat to toarlifce ftrife 
Sit foitiitae of Itampe, o^ nopfe of battle funo, 
Sinti tljen, tljat nmfitfecg fozce of foftec tsaine 
Cauft! Ijmt itntnie from ftrbfceg to meat agatne. 
&n& ag foj me, 3! tljmfee it notljing ftrange, 
TOat mufitfe Ijatiiniy Mrtlj from fjeau'nd aftoue, 
Bp timers tuneg can make tlje mtntie to tljange: 
SHl 31 mp felfe tn Ijeau'ng mp ftoeete Hone, 
Bp. toerme of Ijer fong dotfj tafteo grfete ? 
&nti fiirij Deligljt, as ^eeto fonte reltefe* 
aailjen firft 31 pa to pie attentate eare, 
'cOjinfemg Apoiioes Wxz &i& tjatmte tfje plate, 
5 little tljougljt mp Haop. Ijati beene tljere: 
but toljilelt mine eaceg lap open in tljig cafe, 

Ctangfomt'ti to apje jLoue entreU toitlj my toifl, 
$n& notoe perforce Dotlj feeepc poCCeluon ML 




:8 



XV. 



Still hee followeth on with further deuife vppon the 
late Melodie of his Miftres : & in this fonnet doth 
namelie preferre her before Muficke her felfe, and 
all the three Graces ; affirming, if either he, or els 
Apollo bee ordeined a iudge to giue fentence of 
their defertes on either fide, that then his Ladie 
can not faile to beare both pricke and prize a- 
waie. 

N^D&e Muficke ijftie tljp face oz Unit) fin fljame, 
»>inte tljott Ijaft IjeaitTtjfr flu' it $ toarblmg; tioice, 
(Ifllijo far bzztw tljp felfe Hcferu'g tljp name, 
SLnft toi a Science ijjoulti free Ijao in cljoiTe : 
£Di if tljott (till tljv title toilt retains, 
(fcqttall Ijir fong; tbitlj Ijelpe of all tljv trafne* 
But a0 31 tseeme, it better toere to peclGe 
d)p place to Ijer, to tofjom tljc pjice belong, 
'cOjen after ftn'fe to leefe knij fame anD fielD. 

ifOJ tljOttfflj nttie Satyres Wit Of Marfias fongegf, 

janti Choridon efteeme Ijfg oaten quill : 
Compare tljem toitlj fjtr iolce, ants botlj are ill* 
jpap, toljiclj i0 moje, im'ng; fojtlj tlje (Braces tljjee, 
3n& eacfj of tljem let ting; Ijir fong; apart, 
8no. toljo Ootlj licit ttoill foone appeare ftp mee, 
(IflJIjen tl}e Ojall mafee rcplte toljiclj rales mv Ijeait: 
flD^ if pott neeDea tot'll make Apollo iutjp, 
»>o Cure 3! am to toinne 31 neetie not nxuDge, 




XVI. 

In this paffion the Authour vpon the late fweete 
fong of his Miftres, maketh her his birde ; & ther- 
withall partlie defcribeth her worthines, & part- 
lie his owne eftate. The one parte he fheweth, by 
the coulour of her feathers, by her ftatelie minde, 
and by that fouereintie which fhe hath ouer him : 
the other, by defcription of his delight in her 
companie, and her ftrangenes, & drawing backe 
from a dewe acceptance of his feruice. 

Mi gentle birfce, toljtelj fang: Co ftoeete of (ate, 
!0 not likz tljoi'e, tijat fife about by fcmfce, 
%r featijecg are of oroitse, ifcee toantetf a mate, 
anD Unotoinjjtoelljertaioojtl), idpjotto of mints: 
Sixth to!jera# Com Do keepe tfjeir birtis m cage, 
91£p tiirti feeepe-s mee, $ rules, me as Ijir pap* 
fe>!je feeties mine eare ftritfj tunes of rare Ms'pt, 
9^ine ej>e Voitlj lotting; looks, my Ijeait toitl) iop, 
dflliberenre 3J tijinfte my femitttDe but ligljt, 
jait&ottglj in tieetie 3J fttfr'er great annope: 
&nti (Cure) it t'0 but reafon, 3j fuppofe, 
% feeie tije pjicfee, tijat feefeetf to pluck tlje Rofe. 
3n& toljo fo mail, as Vooultie not toitlj W toill 
HeeCe libectie anti life to Ijeare ijer Cing;, 
(LQlljofe liotte e.rcelss ttiofe Ijarmonics tljat fill 
Eiifian Mtses, toljere potoeg eternal! fpung;? 

3|f migfttie ioue ifjoulD Ijeare toljat 31 l)atte IjaiU, 
*5>l)Z (Cure) toere lj&, ants all my market maroe. 




30 



XVII. 

The Author not yet hauing forgotten the fonge of 
his miftres, maketh her in this paffion a feconde 
Phoenix, though not of A rabia, and yet no leffe ac- 
ceptable to Apollo, then is that bird of Ara- 
bia. And the cheife caufes why Sol fhoulde fa- 
uour hir, he accounteth to be thefe two, hir ex- 
cellent beawtie, and hir skill in mufike, of which 
two qualities Sol is well knowen to be an efpeciall 
cheife patrone, and fometimes the only author 
or giuer of the fame. 

YJf pjetsf Ijatte done tacll in times long: paff, 
^o glofc on trifling: topes of little puce : 
Wi\)v fyoulo not 31 pjefttme to taint as fait, 
dipping: font) a ground of good dcuffe ? 
Si hatred Nimph is ground toljereon lie torite, 
'cOje fatteft Nimph tljat euec pet Cato ligljt. 
J3nti ftnce Ijer Cong: Ijatlj fild mme°eaces tottlj tope, 
^ir fcertues pleai'd mv mtnde, Ijit face mine epe, 
3 dare a&trme toljar Come to ill tljinfce a top, 

fe>f)C Phoenix (0, tfjOUfff) not Of Arabie- 

$nd ^tt tlje plumes about Ijic neck are bH'gljt, 

and Sol ijim felfe in Ijec Ijatlj cljiefe deligljt. 
gott tfjat to ill fenoto Voljp Sol afoo2des ijer loue, 3h "o »J 2 

feeefce but tfje catofe toljp Peakocks diato tlje place, 

SMjCte Iuno OtfS j toljP Venus lifceS tlje Doue • 
flDj tDlJP tlje Owle beftttS Mineruaes gcaCC; 

^Ijen pf pott grudge, tljat Ojc to Sol belong*, 
S^arfee but Ijic face, and Ijeare Ijit fktll in fonge. 




Vide Plinium 
natur. hift. 



31 



XVIII. 

This fonnet is perfectly patheticall, and confifteth in 
two principall pointes : wherof the firft coteyneth 
an accufatio of Loue for his hurtfull effects & vfu- 
all tyrannie ; the fecond part is a fudden recanta- 
tion or excufe of the Authors euill words, by caft- 
inge the fame vpon the necke of his beloued, as 
being the onely caufe of his late frenzy and blaf- 
pheamous rage fo lauifhly powred forth in fowle 
fpeaches. 

LOue 10 a fotor tielfaljt • a fttgreti greett- 
$ luting* tscatlj • an euetfjping life ^ 
Si bjeaclje of Reafons iatoe- a fecret tljeefe- 
$ ka of teaceg- an euetlaftmg flrife- 

$ bam toi fooled • a fcourge of noble toittsf ; 
Si 2Deatu> toounii ; a fyottc toljicf) etter ljitt& 
Loue j«s a blinfceti (Boti ; an angep hope- 

Si Labyrinth of tlOtobtS ; an ptlle lull ; 
Si llattC tO Beawties to ill ; a tairleg top : 
Si rattening; bird ; a tprattnt molt tsniult; 

$ burning ijeate ; Si cold ; a flattringe foe- 

^ Parnate Ijcll - t a beep toojlli of tooe + 
get migljtie Loue regard not ftnjat 3| tape, 
QMjstij Ipe in trannce bereft of all nip toittg, 
But blame tlje ligljt tljat leaoes nie tljus altcape, 
Sinb makes nip tongue blafpljeme bp franti&e fitr& 

get tjitrt ijec not, left 31 utftcpne tlje fmact, 

toljiclj am content to lobge Ijec in mp Ijeart 




J- 



XIX. 

The Author in this pafsion reproueth the vfuall de- 
fcription of loue, which olde Poetes haue fo long 
time embraced : and proueth by probabilities, 
that he neither is a childe (as they fay) nor blinde, 
nor winged like a birde, nor armed archer like 
with bowe & arrowes, neither frantike, nor wife, 
nor yet vncloathed, nor (to conclude) anie God at 
all. And yet whe he hath faid al he can to this end, 
he cryeth out vpon the fecret nature and qualitie 
of Loue, as being that, whereunto he can by no 
meanes attaine, although he haue fpent a long & 
tedious courfe of time in his feruice. 

Ijf Cupid toere a cljflde, as Poets fame, 
^oto conies it tfjcit tljat Mars dotlj fcare W mivfct ? 
3jf blind ; Ijoto cljancc fo manp to tlytia patne, 
(LQlljottt Ije Ijatl) Iji'tte, can toitneffe of Ijig ugrijt ? 
3jt* Ije Ijauc tomgg to fife toljcrc ttjinlic^ Ijsm licfi, 
1|oto Ijappes Ije lurfectlj lull toitljm mv tneff ? 
31f botoe and fyaftcsf i^oulti lie Ijts cljiefeft tooled, 
9215? dotlj Ije fet fo man? Ijcartes on fire ? 
3|f Jje toere maddc, Ijoto could Ije further fooless 
^To toljet tljeirc tottg, as place and time require ? 
3Jf tone, Ijoto could fo man? leeje tljeire toitteg, 
flPz tioate tljiouglj loue, and d?e in frantifee fittest ? 
%f naked mil fjetoandec too and fcoe, 
^oto dotlj not sunne oj CroCt offend !jf» ffemne ? 
3|f tljat a (Bod Ije lie, Ijoto fallen it fo, 
^Ijat all toantg end, toljiclj Ije dotlj once bzginnz ? 
flD toondiotts tljmg;, tljat % taljom Loue jjatlj fpent, 
Can f cartel? know IjunTelf, 01 Ijts intent 




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XX. 



In this paffion the Authour being ioyfull for a kiffe, 
which he had receiued of his Loue, compareth the 
fame vnto that kiffe, which fometime Venus be- 
ftowed vp5 Aefculapius, for hauing taken a Bram- 
ble out of her foote, which pricked her through 
the hidden fpitefull deceyte of Diana, by whom it 
was laied in her way, as Strozza writeth. And hee 
enlargeth his inuention vppon the french prouer- 
biall fpeech, which importeth thus much in effect, 
that three things proceed from the mouth, which 
are to be had in high account, Breath, Speech, and 
Kisfing ; the firft argueth a mans life ; the fecond, 
his thought ; the third and laft, his loue. 



* Siquide opi 
nati funt aliqui, 
in ofculo fieri 
animarum 
cobinatione. 



IB time long: paft, toljen in Dianaes cljafe 
Si biambk butt) pjicfct Venus in tlje foote, 
iflDDtt ^Efcuiapius Ijealpt Ijec fjcain'e eafc 
Before tljt Ijtut I) all taken anv roote: 
cLcHljereljence altljottglj ty$ tracts toece cnCpina: Ijarti 
fe>Ije peeltieti Ijs'ni a fettle foj Ijid cetoatfie* 
$$> lucfee toajs like to Ijig tljss otljer tiap, 
flfllljen ifce, toljom 3 on cartlj tio too$ji'p mott, 
31 n kitmxQ me foottcljCaftti tljtts to Cap, 
r dake tljte fo? once, anti make tljereof no bolt: 

*JFo?tljtoiti) nip Ijcact ijatte fujne of tope dp Cfeippe£, 
$0 tljotifflj our foulesf Ijata topnts bp iopning lipped 
£nt» Once tljat time 31 tljoutjljt it not autifte 
^0 iutige toljiclj toece tlje bell of all tljeie tlj^ee- 
f?er tyeatlj, fjer fpeaclj, 0? tljat Ijer naintie fcilte, 
Sim (Cure) of all tlje feifiTe bell liken me : 
Jfoj tljat toad it, toljiclj tiiti ratine mp Ijart 
^Dppjetf anti almoft Dead* teitlj tiaplp totasx 




34 



XXI. 

In the firft ftaffe of this paffion the Authour imita- 
teth Petrarch, Sonetto 211. 

Chi vuol veder quantunque pub Natura 
El ciel tra noi, venga a mirar coftei, &c. 
And the very like fenfe hath Seraphine in one of his 
Strambotti, where he beginneth thus, 
Chi vuol ueder gran cofe altiere & nuouc, 
Venga a mirar coftei, laquale adoro : 
Done gratia dal ciel continuo pioue. &c. 

W%o lift to Wm fcante Natures cunning Cftft, 
&nti fee toljatljeau'n Ijatlj aiiiieti to tbe fame, 
llct \)im prepare toitlj me to ga^e Ijis fill 
€>n Ijer apale,taljoie gift0 erceeU f trump of fame : 
TBut let jjfai come a pafe before u)e flpe 
.from Ijencc, to fire ijer feate abotte tije Uin. 
£p lunoes gilt u)e beared a (lately grace, 
Pallas Ijatij placets ffcill amiWft Ijer fyeft; 
Venus ijt'c felfe tiotf) tstoell toitljin ijer face ; * vide pim. 

&U$ 31 fain to tljinfce of all tije reft ; nat llH \ 1 *>- *°- 

£nti u)all 1 tell toljerefoitlj 3] moft Ijatte toarresf ? ££ 1*. quick 29 
toitl) tljofe ijer epess, toljfclj are ttoo Ijeatt'nlp ftacre& h ac re mutua- 
^Ijeire beamed Diatot fo^tlj dp great attractme potoer 
25p motftneti Ijart, toljofe foice 10 pet fo ftnall, 
^ijat ftjt'ne tijep biigljt, Q£ lift tfjep but to lotoje, raphTnum fo 

3|t fcarceb Hare beyolts fuel) lights at all, 



tur ex Arifto- 
telis hiftoria. 
Porro vide Se- 



net. 1. vbi de 



' * But fobbed, and ugljetf, aim fai'tlj 1 ant tintionne j £*£ J«S 
j]2o birD but loues can loofee agafnft tije funne* parationem 




legantifsime 

canit. 



C 3 



5 



XXII. 

The fubftance of this pafsion is taken out of Sera- 
phine fonetto 127. which beginneth thus. 
Quando nafcejtt amor ? quando la terra 
Se riimefte di verde e bel colore ; 
Di chefujli creato ? d'vu ardore, 
Che cio lafehio in fe rinchiude e ferra &c. 
But the Author hath in this tranflation inuerted the 
order of fome verfes of Seraphine, and added the two 
Iaft of himfelfe to make the reft to feeme the more 
patheticall. 

YU %n toerte tljoti bonte flacer Loue ? toljo taa0 tljp 
v v afllljen Flora fi^tt adozn'd Dame Tellus lap, (Ctre ? 

'cEijCtl CppniJ 3! fO^tl? front Wanton hote defire : 

(Uliljo toagf t\)v nitric to fccdc tijcc firit toitlj pap ? 
Youth nrit toitj) tender Ijand bound tip nip Ijcade, 
djen Catde, toittj Lookes alone J ftjottld lie fed • 
(ftlfcat maided ijad fl;e attendant on ljer fide, 
^0 plage, to fmge, to rock tljce fait a fteepc ? 

Vaine Niceneffe, Beautie Faire, and Pompous Pride ; 

Bp ftcaltlj toljm mrtljec age on tfjee did cceepe ; 
cLQi^ere DiDft tljott make tljp ctiicfe abiding; place ? 

3 n Willing Hartes, toljiclj to ere of gentle race; 

(Lalljat if 't toljeretoitlj tljott toapft toarrcd toittj nte ? 

Feare coltse a0 3JCe, anti Hope a£ Ijote a0 fire- 

janti can not age 02 deatlj make enti of tljee ? 

jf2o, no, mp dping life Hill mafecsf retire ; 

Qflllj^ tijen toeete Loue take pittic on mj> paine, 
(L&lljiclj often dge, and oft reuitte apine* 




56 



XXIII. 

The Author in this pafsion wifheth he were in like 
eftate and condition with the Looking Glaffe of his 
miftres ; by that meanes the oftner to be made 
happie with her fauourable and faire afpect. And 
in the laft ftaffe he alludeth fomewhat to the inue- 
tion of Seraphine, where he vfeth thefe wordes, in 
writing vpon the Glaffe of his beloued. 
Che ho vijto ogni qual vetro render foco 
Quando e dal Sol percoffo in qualchc parte, 
El Sol che in gliocchi toi dando in quel loeo 
Donria per reflexion tntta infiammarte &e. 

Tfeott Glaffe, toljerein tljat Sunne tielujljte^ to fee 
%r oton afpcit, toljofe beams Ijatte djioe mv Ijart, 
afllouto (Boo 3| mityljt poUeiTe like frate toit!j tljee, 
SLiib sop Come eafe to quafle mv bitter fmart: 
<<njou ga^ett on !jec face, arib fi)e on tljine- 
31 fee not Ijers, mi fi)e to til loofce on mint* 
^nce Ijattmg; loofet ijet* fill, ft)e turned tljee froe, 
$no leaned tljee, tljouglj ama|'D, pet toel content- 
But careletfe of mp cared, to ill 3 02 noe, 
■btill Dtoels toitljin hip bjeaft toitlj teared befpjent- 
janD pet mp hacfto ljer t0 fuel) a tljzall, 
'(Eljat ftje tiu'u'n out, my life ^epartd toitljalL 
JBut tljott Deceitfrtll Glaffe (3 feace) toitlj tmple 
^aft to nought mp tooed to ujielD tljp felfe from ill, 
feljot fojtlj ljer beamed toljiclj toete m tljee eretoljile, 
&no burnt mp tender bjeft agamft mp toill : 
Jfo? Chriftaii from it felfe reflected tlje feunne, 
Sim fpje0 Ijid coate, toijitlj Imotod notljoto ti?s Done* 




C 4 



X X 1 1 1 1. 

SerapJiine in his Strambotti hath many prettie inuen- 
tions concerning the Lookingglaffe of his Mi- 
ftres : wherhence many particulars of this paffion 
are cunningly borrowed, part beeing out of one 
place, and part out of an other. And in the latter 
end is placed this fiction by the Authour, that Cu- 
pid fhooting his arrowe from out the faire eies of 
his Miftres, did fo wounde him with loue and de- 
fire, that nowe he is paft all recure by any phificke, 
and therefore is faine to vfe the olde verfe. 

Hci mihi quod nullis amor eft medicabilis lierbis. 

TPm jjlafle, toljercm m# Dame Ijatlj fitcfj tseligljt, 
&& toljen ft)e bjaucsf, tljen inoft on tijce to gajc, 
31 mantel Ijotoe Ijec beameg t|at are Co bnffljt 
S)o newer caufe tfjt> bn'ttlc fides to cra?e: 
^tjoii n)ouitrft bp rcafon ntealt o? catlp bjeafee 
^o feele fuclj cojee, tfjp utbftance bcii\$ toeafce* 
$oi to!) en u)e firtt toirlj feentmg; ftatelp grace 
Bcltototi on me a lotting; ftoccte repcO, 
^ije beamed, toljfclj tljen pjocceDcfc front fjec face 
(Lciicre ftteij, a0 fo? tlje fame 31 fount) no toactie, 
But nec&cs perfoice 31 ntuft become content 
^To ntealt in mintse till ail mp toitteg toere fpent 
$nti tljeretoitjjaU Cupido plafo Ijfef pact, 
!£e u)otte a u)aft tipugljout Ijer d^iftalt epeg, 
flfllljeretoitlj Ije cleft fa ttoafne nw pccltitng: Ijeart: 
&nD tljfef 10 eaufe nip panting ijeart (till cries, 
31 bjeafee, 3 ntealt, Ijclpe Ijcau'nss in nip befjoue, 
jJ2o ijerbe tiotlj grotoe toljofe tscrtue curetlj loue, 




3 3 



XXV. 

It is to be confidered in reading this Pafsion, howe in fome 
anfweres, the accent or pcynting of the wordes is altered, 
and therewithall howe the Authour walking in the woods, 
and bewayling his inward pafsion of Loue, is contraried by 
the replies of Echo : whofe meaning yet is not fo much to 
gainfay him, as to expreffe her'owne miferable eftate in daily 
cdfuming away for the loue of her beloued Narcijfus; whofe Lib- , Meta- 
vnkindnes Ouid defcribeth at large, together with the ex- morph. 
treme loue of Echo. 

Author, y $, all t|)i0 Vdo?ID 3 tfjmfce none lou'ss but % 

Echo. I jj2one lou'g hut % Auth. ^ctfioti fooiiu) tattling ffljeff, 
3|it fyig tijou telifa lie. Echo, tljou teltt a lie* 

Author, (jxtlfjp ? Loue \)jm felfe \)t iMjitl) Sit UVP b?CU\ 

Echo, ^e latsptlj tit ntp bjelt ^ ////*. 31 pine foj grfefe- 
Sins pet 3! Voanu'eliefe* Echo + 3 tuaut celiefa. 
Author. jj2o llarre mo?e fatte tljen ft)e totjom 31 atioje* 
Echo. <tOjeu * Ije, toljom 31 atso^e. ^ «#. ^erefjenee 3 burnt * s - L; q uef - 
fetil moje ants moje. Echo. 3 Imnte (til moje aim nioje. £S™' 
Author. Loue, let mpljeaetretttrne* Echo, mpljcact, remote, 
Auth. 33 tljen tlje Saint, foj teljoot tljoti mafceft mone, 
janii toljoni 3 loue, but one ? Echo. 3 loue but one. 
Author. <D fjeau'ng, 10 ttjcrc in loue no entie of illg ? 
Echo. 3| n loue no enoe of tll& Auth. Cijou parting topee, 

SDtoelft tljou lit tlj'a^e, 0? but in tjolioto fjillg ? 
Echo. 3n Ijolloto l)ill&+ Auth. Ceafe of to taunt tfo tljo?fe* 
Echo. Ceafe of to tiaunt tljp cljopfe* -4k*A. 3 tooulO eeplse, 
But Ijere foj loue 3 Die* Echo, foj loue 3 to'e + 




39 



XXVI. 

Here the Author as a man ouertaken with fome deepe melan- 
cholic, compareth him felfe vnto the Nightingale, and con- 
ferreth his vnhappie eftate (for that by no meanes his Mi- 
flreffe will pitie him) with her nightly complaints : to whofe 
harmonie all thofe that giue attentiue eare, they conceiue 
more delight in the muficall varietie of her noates, then 
they take iuft compafsion vpon her diftreffed heauines. 

\A/^en Maye i0 in fjijs pume, anti poutljfult Cpu'ng; 
v v 2Dotl) cloatlj tlje tree tost!) Icauecf, anti ground toitlj floto^eg, 
Hnti tunc of pete mutter!) eu'rp rijmg: j 
&nti lonely Nature Cmilegj ants notljfng; lotoses : 
Wqm Philomela inoft tiotf) ftrame Ijer tijeft 
H&iti) niffljttfomplamts, anti fits in title reft* 
Fiji's Birds eftate 31 map compare toitlj mine, 
^o toljom fonti loue Dotij loo,2fte fuclj to?ong# by Da?, 
'Eijat in tlje niffljt nip fjeart ntttft neetietf repine^ 
^nti ftojme Voi'rlj uffljes to eafe me as 3 map • 

(ULlljilft otljerg are becalm'*, o? lpe~tljem ftt'H, 

€)j faple Centre toftlj ntie anti tointie at Vdi'IU 
SlnJj as all tljoCe, toljicfj Ijeare tljtg Bird complaine, 
Conceiue in all ijer runes a ftDcetc tieligljt, 
(Ldlttljottt remote, oj pitting Ijer papnc: 
fe>o u)e, foi toljbm 3 toa^Ic ftotlj tiap anti nfgljt, 

SDotlj Cpojt Ijer felfe in Ijeaiimj my complaint; 

$ tuft retoarti Co? ferutng: Citclj a Saint. 




■i° 



X X V I I. 

In the nrft fixe verfes of this Pafsion, the Author hath imitated 
perfectly fixe verfes in an Ode of Ronfard, which beginneth 
thus : 

Celui qui riayme eft malheureux, ^ on ^ liure 

Et malheureux eft Vamoureux, u °°" se ' 

Mais la mi/ere, &c f 
And in the laft ftaffe of this Pafsion alfo he commeth very 
neere to the fenfe, which Ronfard vfeth in an other place, 
where he writeth to his Miftreffe in this maner : 

En vens tu baifer Pluton En fes mefian- 

La bas, apres che Caron s es - 

T'aura mife en fa nacejfef 



V 



* Jl5IjappP 10 nje totCtljt, tfjatS tOltie Of Loue, * HU ires yerfits 

<ann pet totfjappte lje, toljom Loue torments?, a /^SS^ 

But greateft piefe tljat man iis fojc't to pioue, Anacramte 



(Ifilljofe Ijaugytfe Loue not foi fit's loue relents, 
But fjopfmg; lip l)er faple of pjotoo Diiaaine, 
ifoj Ceruice Done makes no returne of game, 
Bp ojig all pott, toljiclj fcnotoe mp ticfele Hate, 
S$ap gate Defenteti blame to toljom 31 rente, 
SLuto Cap, tljat Loue Ijatlj miferie to mate, 
fetnee labour fyeeties but loffe, ano letts me Heme : 
jfo? 31 am Ije toljtclj lines a laffmg; tijiall 
^o ijer, toljofe Ijeact affo^DS no pace at all 
*3fyz Ijopes (peccljance) to lute and flottrtu) dill, 
flDj els, toben Charons boate Ijatlj felt Ijer peaje, 
Bp loutng; looked to conquer Piutoes totll • 
But all m tame: t'is not Proferpin's eafe: 
fefje neuer to ill permit, tljat anp one 
feljall top Ijts Loue, but u)e Ijer felfe alone. 




^.v-i 



>..•-:. 



» 



Greece. 



G 



XXVIII. 

In this Pafsion the Authour doth very bufilie imitate & aug- 
ment a certaine Ode of Ronfard, which hee writeth vnto his 
Miftres ; he beginneth, as followeth, 
Plufieurs de leurs cors dames 
Au i iure des Se font muz en diuerfe terre 

fes meflanges. Mu'CLClrfcufemeilt Vines, 

Vvn en Serpent, & V autre en Pierre, 
L'vn en Fleur, V autre en Arbriffeau, 
L'vn en Loitp &c? 

M8np ijaue Iw'D in countrepg farce an^ tip, 
QZHijofe ijeacteg i^ Loue once quite contum'ti atoap, 
•btcangelp tljeii* ifmpegi toece cljangeti bp ana tip, 

£Dne to a Fiow'r, an otljei; to a Bay, 

<Dne to a Streame, tafjote courfe pet mafeetlj tnone, 
£Dne to a Doue, an otfjec to a Stone. 
Bttt Ijarke nip Deere ; il toiling; could pjenaile, 

31 toottltl become a Chriftall Mirrour 3, 

(Lfliljerem tljoii mtsyljt'ft beljofti toljat tifng g aile; 
£Dj efe 31 toouIH be cljanjy'ti into a Flie, 
Co tatt tljp cuppe, an$ being Mplp gljett 
Sit bo$ attti betitse, to fefOTe tljee mto'ff tf)p reft- 
SDj 3 tooulti be Perfume fo\ tljee to burnt, 
Cljat toftj mp lode 3 ntiffljt but pleafe tljp Cmell; 
®l be Come fatreSs Spring, to fente tip turns, 
2Sp bartjfnff tljat, toljerein mp Ijeart tsotlj M»*H; 
But tooe 10 me, inp totipma; 10 but feaine, 
feu'nee fate btW Loue to too^fe mp entilefce pafne> 




XXIX. 

The Authour in this Sonnet in a large maner fetteth forth the 
furpasfinge worthines of his Ladie, reporting her beawtie 
and forme to be fo finguler, that neither Appclles can per- 
fectly drawe her portrai£te ; nor Praxiteles trewly frame her 
image and likenes in any kinde of mettall. And the like 
vnablenes he awardeth vnto Virgill and Homer the two Pa- 
ragons of Poetry 'e, if they mould but once endeuour to praife 
her. And the like infufficiencie he fayeth would be found in 
Tullie him felfe, if he fhould endeuour to commend her. 
And the finally he excufeth his owne bould hardines fhewed 
in prayfing her, vpon the forcible extremitie, which he abi- 
deth in Loue, and the earneft defire, which he hath to pleafe. 



ScHclj t0 tlje Saint, toljotn 3 on eartlj atsoje, 
££ nettec age tyall fenotn toljen tijicf 13 pad, 
j|2oj euer pet Ijartj like bpn feene before: 
Apeiies pt" Ije litt'ti toottlo ftanti agail 

*(Mii\) coulomb to fet tiotone Ijec comely face, 
flflljjo farce e.rcellis tljoitglj Venus toece in place, 
Praxiteles tragi) t IffeetoiTe ftano m Uoitte 
31 n metall to e,rpjeffe Ijer forme aiiijljte, 
Mlljoie pjaife foj ifcape & blbtune tlje too$j tljptgljottt : 
$>o£ Virgin coulti fo pot! a foecfe tntiite 
2.0 onelp tooulD Curate to tell Ijec name; 
if2oj Homer tmtlj 1)10 Mufe e.rpjetfe ijec fame; 
Tully, toljofe fpeaclj toasf boulDe m ett'rp caufe, 
gf Ije tocre Ijece to piai'Ce tlje Saint 3 Cerue, 
Clje number of fjec gsltctf tooulD make Ijfm paufe, 
&no feace to fpeafce Ijoto to ell fijje tiotlj Ueferue* 
m.\)v tljen am 5 tljus bonlo tljat Ijaue no Hull ? 
(tnlbift dp Loue 3| fljjeto m? ?ealou0 Ml 



* f^enr Ije alu-- 
frctlj fenta tlje 
.pcmriratrt nf 
Venus tuljtrlj 
Apelles tticfcrj ! 

a£ Ouia irottj 

lib. 3. de art. a- 

man. 

Si Venerem 

Coiis nunqua 

pinxiffet A- 

pelles. 




XXX. 

In the firft part of this Pafsion the Author prooueth, that hee 
abideth more vnreft and hurt for his beloued, then euer did 
Lceander for his Hero : of which two paramours the mutuall 
feruency in Loue is moft excellently fet foorth by Mufceus 
the Greeke Poet. In the fecond part he compareth himfelfe 
with Py ramus, and Hcemon king Creons Sonne of Thebes, which 
were both fo true hearted louers, that through Loue they 
fuffered vntimely death, as Ouid metam. lib. 4. writeth at large 
of the one, And the Greeke Tragedian Sophocles in Antig. of 
the other. In the laft, in making comparifon of his paynes 
in Loue to the paines of Orpheus defcendinge to hell for his 
Eurydice, he alludeth to thofe two verfes in Strozza, 

Tartara, Cymba, Charon, Pluto, rota, Cerberus, angues, 
Oocytes, Phlegcton, Stir, lapis, vrua, jit is. 

\ \ ri?at tljouglJ Leander ftoamme in tmrfcfome nigfjt, 

VV TOjlOUglj trottbleil HelcspontU\ Heroes fake; 

£nti loft lj»0 life iig loiTe of Seftus Ugljt ? 

Ilije liue oj mo?e mp felfe Uo tmDectafce, 

cLcLlijen eu'rp ijoto^e along: tije Imping; peace, 

®$y iope is ^otonoe^ano ijope blotone out toiflj feace* 

JSnti toijat tljotifflj Pyram fpent W totall biutl) 

jfOJ Thisbes fake ? 0£ Hsemon cfjoafe tO ttit 

^Eo folloto Ms Antigone lip Dead) ? 

3jn Ijar&er cafe anti too^fec piigljt am 3, 

ftcLUjtclj loue as tljep, but lute m tiding (till, 
$no fame teoulii Me, but can notljaue nip Ml 

aaie reatte tljat Orpheus toi'tlj MS l^arpe of pltie, 

JfOJ Ijl'S Euridice tOCIlf tiOftUte tO I) ell I 

tiTfje topic is moje, bp tljat tune all be toltse, 
c&lljielj 1 eiiDure foj Ijer, toijofe Ijeart is fell; 

^fje Stigian Curre, tlje Wheele, tlje Stone, tlje Fire, 

&nu Furies ail are plac't in my He£ire + 




1 ! 



X X X I. 

There needeth no annotation at all before this Pafsion, it is of 
it felfe fo plaine, and eafilye conuayed. Yet the vnlearned 
may haue this helpe geuen them by the way to know what 
Galaxia is, or Paclolus, which perchaunce they haue not read 
off often in our vulgar Rimes. Galaxia (to omit both the E- 
timolcgie and what the Philofophers doe write thereof) is a , Teta 
white way or milky Circle in the heauens, which Ouid men- lib. 2. 
tioneth in this manner. 

Eft via fublimis ccelo manifefta fereno, 
Lat~lea nomen habet, candore notabilis ipfo. 

And Cicero thus in fomnio Scipionis; Erat autem is fplendidiffimo can- 
dore inter flammas circulus elucens, qucm vos (vt a Graijs accepijlis) 
orb em latleum nuncupatis. 

Paclolus is a riuer in Lidia, which hath golden fandes vnder it, 
as Tibullus witneffeth in this verfe, 

Nee me regna inuaut, nee Lydius aurifer amnis. Tibul. lib. 3. 

\ \ J ^° can mmnt *\>z tartucs of mp Scare, 
y V ®l tap ijoto farce ijee fame Ijatlj taken tiigljt, 
^Ttjat can not tell tjoto man? {carrel appcare 

3 II part Of IjCatt'n, trjljiclj Galaxia Ijmljt, 

€)? number all tlje moated in Phebus rapes, 
5Dj golDen fanDeg, feljcccon Pa6lolus plapeg ? 
&n& pet mv fjurt^ enforce me to ccmfeiTe, 
31 n crprralfbjeaft u)e fyjototiesf a blou&p Ijart, 
W§\z% Ijart \a timz to ill makz Ijee merits leOfe, 
flllnleffe feettmea ft)e cure mp DeaDlp fmart: 

jfoj notoe ntp life 10 Double living: (till, 

&n& ft)e Defam'Qe lip futfrance of fuel) ill •, 
$nD till tlje time ilje Ijelpeg me a0 ft)e map, 
%zt no man tomertafce to tell my tople, 
But onelP fuctje, as can m'ftinctlp fap, 
Afloat ^oniters iW/z^ lueeDe^, oj Affrkke fople : 

Jfoj if Ije Doe, Ijts labour 10 but loft, 

flflltjillt 31 botlj frie aitti freeze tW.jct flame an* frou\ 




45 



XXXII. 



Eroticon. 
lib. 2. 



Here the Authour by fayning a troublefome dreame, expref- 
feth a full Pafsion of Louc. And how foeuer fome wil confter 
of this kinde of inuention, it is euident, that the like hath 
bin vfuall amongft thofe that haue excelled in the fweeteft 
vaine of Poetrie. And (to let the reft goe) it may pleafe him 
that is curious to fmde fome prefident hereof, to vifite but 
the workes of Hercules Strozza, who in his S omnium hath 
writte fo exquifitely, that the Dreame will quite his trauaile, 
that fhall perufe it with due attention. 



j|2. Thetis lappe, toljsie Titan toofee iji# reft, 
% flttmfyinsy hip toirljin mp reftleile bcDUe, 
%\\\ Morpheus Wh a falfcti foarp (eft, 
^efentmg; Ijer, Iw toljom 31 fti'U am le&tie: 
Jfi^ tljen 3j tljbttffljt fl&e came to cn&e hip too, 
But toljen 91 toafet (alajs) t'toasi notljmg Co* 
(Ifonbjacing; apje m ftee& of nnj tielijjljt, 
J Mamecs Loue ass autljour of tlje ptrie, 
Scftljo toft!) a fceoirt fieepe clouts tip nw ftjjljt, 
&n& fain (me tfjougljr) tljat 31 miilt tiibe a toljfle 
ixions patnetf, tafiofe armea tilts oft embrace 
f af.Ce tiacfeneD cfou&sf, in Cteets of lunoes grace* 
(HLlljen J Ijati lame ants flttmfyeti t|)tt0 a totjile, 
Hietomg; tfje tiolefttll Uoome tjjat Loue afliffii'D, 
Si tooman Saint, toljsclj bare an Singelgf face, 
Bati me atoafee ants eafe mp tronbleD mmtie: 
(Ldlftlj tljat 31 toafet, fo?gtttiiiff toljat taag paft, 
janD Catoe t'toasf Hope, toljfci) Ijelpefc tljttg at faft* 







XXXIII. 

In this Sonnet the Authour is of opinion, that his Miftres (by 
the fatall appoyntement of deftinie) was from the begin- 
ning referued to liue in thefe times, and to bee the onely 
gouerneffe & fubiect of his thdughtes : whereas : if either 
fhe had bene borne, when Paris was to giue fentence vpon 
Ida for beftowing the Golden Apple ; fhe had (as he fuppo- 
feth) bene preferred before Iuno, Pallas and Venus, & more- 
ouer fupplied that place in the loue of kinge Priams fonne, 
whiche Helen of Greece obteined : or if fhee had then liued 
when Bacchus tooke Ariadne to wife, fhe had bene conuayed 
in her fceede, vnto that place in heau'n, where nowe the 
Crowne of Ariadne called * Corona Gnofia doth fhine conti- * Cuius ortum 
nuallie, beinge beautified with greate varietie of lightfome & occas ^ n } e - 

n to ^ & morat Plimus 

ltarres - nat. hift. lib. 1 8. 

c. 28. & c. 31. 

\\T %en Priams fonne in miW of Ida plame 
v v (Bmz one tl)e pjtce, anti otljer two t$e fofle, 
3\t flje f$i tol)ome 3j full abide in pame 
l^ad Ifued tljen toi'tbm tlje Troyan fofle, 

j]5o tioulit lutt Ijcr0 Ijati bene t!je frozen ball, 
Helen ijad fcaped rape, and Troy i)tg fall 
®l it mp Dame fjad tljen enioped life 

S2If) en Bacchus fouffljt f0£ Ariadnaes loue, 

#>o doubt hut fije Ijad onelp bene tjtg tm'fe, 
£nd flotone from Ijenee to fit toi'tlj <Bod0 aboue: 

ifoc u)e exceeded ljs'0 cljoile of Create fo farce 

#0 Phebus tiott crcctt a ttomckelino; fcarre. 
2But from tlje firft all fates Ijaue tfjutf afltgrt'ti, 
^Ijat u)e ftjottlo lute in tljefe our latter dape0, 
3 tljinke to bcare a ftoap toftljm mp minde 
$nd feede mp tfjouffljteS toitlj frendlp ftoeete tielapeg; 

3f fo it be, let me attend mp cljatmee, 

&nd fomtne pipe toben 31 beginne to daunce* Aird ben baiia 

r r ^' a chi Fortuna 

fuona. 




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XXXI I II. 

The Author in this Sonnet very highly commendeth the moft 
rare excellencies of his miftres, auouching her to haue no 
equall. And he imitateth the fecond Sonnet, Nelle rime di 
meffer Agnolo Fiorenzuola the Florentine, whofe beginning is 
all one with that heere ; and this it is : 

Deli le mie belle donne et amorofc, 
Ditemi il ver per vojlra cortejia, 
Non e chiara tra vol la donna viia, 
Come el Sol chiar tra tutte Valtre cofe ? 

Yd (tatclp Dames, toljoCe beautied farce ejcell, 
flDf courtcCie confeiTe at mp requcft, 
HDotl) not xnv Loue amongst pott bearc tlje bell, 
$0 Phebus jyoul&en rapes obicuresf tlje relt 
£Dc Planet Starres, and tmiimctij cu'rp llfffjt 
^Ijat O}fne0 in Ijeau'n oj card) lip Dap oj m'gljt ? 
tCa&e toiftlp Ijeeti in fcetomg; Ijer ftocete face, 
Mlljere nature Ijatlj eupjeft toljat ere 0)e could 
flcatljer foj betotics* folate o^ comelp pace: 
»>mce tofjen to pp'je Ijer too?fee ft)e bjafee tije motiltie, 
&o tljat toljo ieeke^ to finde ijer Equall out, 
3ntenti0 a tljing; toill ncre lie l^ougljt about 
( (Ifjerefo?e Ctocete Ladies all tioutcljfafe tost!) me 
Co toloto Ijer defect, and nip defire, 
Bp pjapfmsj Ijer tnto tlje nintlj degree, 
, , jfo? Ijonour bp due rigljt 10 focrtuetf ijire, 

«3nd Enuies ntoutlj muff Cape toljen all & donne, 
$0 Bird but one 10 Cacrcti to tije ftmnc* 




XXXV. 

In this Pafsion the Authour, as being blinded with Loue, firft 
compareth himfelfe with Tirefias the old Soothfayer of The- 
bes, whome Iuno depriued of fight ; but loue rewarded him 
with the fpirit of prophecy. Then he alludeth vnto Aclceon : 
And laftly he fheweth why he is in worfe cafe, then thofe, 
which by vewing Medufaes heade were turned into ftoanes, 
leefing both life and light at once ; and fo concludeth, that 
olde accurfed Oedipus of all other beft befitteth him for a 
companion. 



W^eit fifcff ntine zpzg toeue blinDeD toftlj Defire, 
v v Cljep X)aD netoe feene a Second Sunne Voljofe face 
t0)oup;lj cleere ag beaten fnotoe, pet fcmDleD fire 
flfllittjin hip bicff, ants moulte miTfjeart apafe: 
^Ijus learned 3! ftp pioofe, totjat ottjerg ton'te, 

Cljat Sunne, ailD fire, antl fnowe Oiten'D ti)Z Ggijt 

£> ttn thntp Ijappie blinDeD Theban toiryljt, 
(Lillljofe loCfe of {uxljt Did make Ijfm Mfe limine, 
flfllljere 31 (etlaef) Ijatic loft bott) life ants ugljt, 
Me l)hn> toljofc ijomeg DID plape fjis yeet?le3 enn- 
£nD Pet toag Ije in better cafe tfjen 3, 
ftfllljictj neither line, im can obtafne to Dpe+ 

$11 Perfeus foe3 tijat fatoe Medufaes IjeaDe, ^ 

15p leeCing n)ape anD fenfe feete quitte mm tljjall; 
But 31 feele paineg, tljougl) blmDe ants Double DeaDe, 
&nD toasf nip felfe efficient cattfe of all : 

flfllljerefoje, of all tijat ere did ceafe to fee 
*<3DID Oedipus tx»ere nieeteft mate foj me. 







* P«& So- 

phocl. a ut 
Seneca m in 
tragedy's fil- 
l's de Oedipi 
miferijs. 



II 49 



XXXVI. 

Here the Author mifliketh of his wearifome eftate in loue, for 
that he neither obtaineth any fauour at the handes of his 
Miftres for his good thought or fpeach, nor by his louinge 
lookes, or prefents, nor by his humilitie in writing, or long 
fufferance in feruitude. And herehence he blameth her o- 
uerharclnes of heart, and the froward conftellation of his 
owne natiuitie : and therewithall abandoning all further 
defire of life, hath in requeft vntimely death, as the only end 
of his infelicitie. 

Em) tljougljt 3 think isf frenti to Ijcc 3j %mz-, 
31 ftill m fpeaeij life eourfc of gentle too^e-S; 
a£g lotting; looker are fuel) a$ ottijljt to inoue- 
9|p gittzg ajs pTatc as mine eftate afio^e^- 
gjgp letters tell in totjat a cafe 3\ ftanli, 
^ouglj ftui of iilotd t uioiiiii) fault of trembling; tjano -, 
3i tselolp uaunce attendance as 31 map, 
(Ifii'tf) Ijbpc to pleafe, ano fcarc to make offence ; 
Sill fott'raintie to Ijer 31 paunt fox ayt; 
janti toljere Qje ljurtes pet make 3[ no defence : 
»>obbc£ are tije Conge, toljcrein 3i take HeUffljt-, 
£no flbcto'rg of tea red Do oaplp tJtmme nip figtjt 
jSno pet all tlji'0 ootlj make but fntall auaile, 
l£er Ijeart is Ijaro, ano newer tm'fl relent, 
ji2o time, no place, no prayer can pjeuaile, 
%\)t Ijcau'ns tijem feltteaf tssffauonr mine intent: 
faLlljp tyoulo 31 rtjen Retire a longer life, 
^o Wain tljerein a toebbe of endleffe (trite ? 




XXXVII, 

The Author in this pafsion doth by manner of fecret compa- 
nion preferre his beloued before all other women whatfoe- 
uer : and perfuadeth vpon the examples of all fortes of 
Goddes (whom loue hath ouertaken at one time or other) 
that the worthines of his Miftres being well confidered, his 
owne fondnes in loue muft of force be in it felfe excufable. 

T jf loue fjMtfelfe be tltlli'at tltltO Loue 

Sltib range tije teootie^ to fxntse a mojtall pjatc : 

A 3jt Neptune from tije fea3 IjimCelfe remoue, 
SLvto feeke on fanDeg toftlj cartijlp toigljteg to plate : 
%l)m map 3 loue mv peeceleCCc cljoife ftp rigljt, 
flflljjo farce e.rcefe eactj otjer mojtall ioigfjt 

5£ Pluto coulo ftp tone fte tyatone from Ijell, 

Co peelH Ijim felfe a filly Virgins tljrall: 

3}f Phebus cattlD fcoutfafe on eartlj to fcteiell, 

Co tatmie a rufafee mai&e tinto Ijt'js call: 

^fjen, fcoto muclj mo?e ifcoulli 31 atioje tije figljt 
<D£ Ijer, m tojjom tije Ijeau'ws tljetnf elites delist ? 

3if ctmtrse Pan misjljt folotoe Nymphe's in cljafe, 

$no pet tl)iw$l) lone remafne Seuopo of fclame : 

3ff Satirs to ere e.reuf & foj feefemjy grace 

Co iop tije fruiter of anp mojtall Dame : 

Cljen, toljp tyoulD 91 once Douftt to loue Ijer Sill, 
£Dn toljom ne CPofctieg noj men can gaje tljeire fill ? 




XXXVI 1 I. 

In the firfte ftaffe of this Pafsion the Authour expreffeth howe 
fondly his friendes ouertrouble him, by queftioninge with 
him touching his loue, or accidents thereof. In the two 
laft verfes of the fecond ftaffe he imitateth thofe verfes of So- 
plioclcs : 

epcort [ilv vtjv octtls avravia-rarai 
In Trachi- nrvKTrj^, ottgos e'9 %€ipa<;, ou Kakoos (ppovsi. 

nijs. cvros <yap apyei teal 0eCoi>, 07rw? 6e\ei. 

which may be thus Englifhed, 

That man, which champion like willjlriue with Loue 
And comb ate hand to hand, hath little witte: 
For as he lift lie rules the Gods abouc. 
And in the laft, he fetteth downe his mind fully bent to per- 
fift conftantly in the loue & feruice of his Ladie : like to that, 
which Stephanies Forcatulus (an excellent Ciuilian, and one of 
the beft Poetes of Fraunce for thefe many yeares) wrote vn- 
to his beloued Clytia : 

Quin noclu pluuium citius mirabimur arcum, 

Solque domo Hcfpcridum mane propinquus erit, 
Qudm capiat lepidce me feed a obliuio nympJice, &c ? 

S£Diro afke me, teljen, ano Ijoto rmj loue begsmne; 
»>ome, toljere if Keg, anti toljat effected it Ijatlj • 
»>ome, toijo u)e 10, lip teljome 31 am Imtiotte- 
<©>ome, toljat % mum to treatie fo leto&e a patlj ■ 
31 anusere all alike, lip anfto'iing; noupt, 

But, ble'ft is he, whome Cupid neuer caught : 

&nti pet 31 coulee, if ta'otoe toouloe permit, 
%z\{ toljen ants Ijotee 31 fir't mp fancte firft, 
^nti fo? toljofe fake 3 loft tootlj Ml ans toft, 
&nii rljoafe tSje patlj, toljerein % Hue accurft: 

But fuel) like oeetieg tooulo fyecti a double foare, 
* » jfoj loue pineCatoe gvowg maoDer tljen befoje* 
But note IjereMlj, tljat fo mp tfjouajtg are liotmn 
^To Ijer, in toijome mp Ifbem'e UejS tljjall, 
^Ijat if u)e tooulo feoutcljfafe to falue rroj toounti, 
get toe of tlji'0 nip loue poults neuec fall, 

Cill Phoebus Ut to life from Ottt ffje Weft, 

0no totoaroe^ nigljt feeke loosing; in tlje Eaft. 



52 



XXXIX. 

The fecond part of this Pafsion is borrowed from out the fifte 
Sonnet in Petrarch part. I. whofe wordes are thefe, 
Pin volte gia per dir le labbra aperfi : 
Pol rimafe la voce in mezz I petto : 
Ma qital fuo7i poria maifalir tanf alto f 
Piu volte incominciai difcriuer verji, 

Ma la penna, e la maiw, e Idntelletlo 
Rtmafer vinto ncl primicr affalto. 

Wlken ft'rtt tljeCe tvz<s freljelD toftlj great Delist 
^fjC Phoenix oftljl'S VDOjltl, 02 feeoiltl Sunne, 
^er beamed oz_ plumed toitcljeti all mv ftgljt, 
8nii lotte encreaft tlje ljurte tljat toad liepnne: 
»>mce toljen mv gilece id ijroWne fo muclj tlje moje, 
BccauCe J\ fintse no toap to cure tlje Coare* 
3i Ijaue attempted oft to make complamte, 
jams toitlj fome Dolefull tooitiesf to tell mp grief e, 
But tljiouglj hip fearefull Ijcart mp topee tootlj fafnte, 
&nti mafceg me mute toljcrc 1; ujoulDe craue releife: 
£n otljcr toljsle 31 tijinke'to to rite mp pafne, 
But (trctgljt nip Ijantj laies tiotone tlje pen apme* 
»>omettme0 mv mino toftlj Ijeapeg of Dottbtefttll eared 
Coniopu'D toitjj fatonfng Ijoapcd id foje oppjeft, 
&rtti fometime Cutioeme mv at tmatoared 
HDotlj moue to muclj, ano to Dotlj ljurte mv bjeff; 

TO at man Dotlj lute in inm ertrcetned tljett tljefe, 
Wjm ocatlj Dotlj feeme a life, anti patneg Doe pleafe ? 




XL. 



Parte prima 
Sonet. 105. 



The fenfe contained in this Sonnet will feeme ftraunge to fuch 
as neuer haue acquainted themfelues with Loue and his 
Lawes, becaufe of the contrarieties mentioned therein. But 
to fuch, as Loue at any time hath had vnder his banner, all 
and euery part of it will appeare to be a familier trueth. It is 
almoft word for word taken out of Petrarch, (where hee be- 
ginneth, 

Pace 71011 triwuo, e non ho da far guerra ; 

E tevio, c fpcro &c?) 
All, except three verfes, which this Authour hath neceffari- 
ly added, for perfecting the number, which hee hath deter- 
mined to vfe in euery one of thefe his Pafsions. 



I3op not peace, toljere pet no toarre ig founts- 
3 feare, ants Ijope; 3 Imrne, per freeze tottijall- 
3 mount to ijcau'n, pet He Imt on tijz ffi'ounts • 
3! compare nougljt, ants pet 3 conipaSfe all- 
"3 line Ijer bona, toljicij heitljec i& mp foe, 
|2o;i frents; mi !joltse0 me fad, mi let0 me goe^ 
Loue tni'U not tljat 3! Hue, noj lets me trie- 
3$$l locket me fail, hoi ftttferaf me to fcape- 
I toant botlj epe# ants tongue, pet fee anti cup ; 
3| toil!) foj tieatk pet after ijelpe 3 PP; 
3 Ijate mp teife, but loue an otljer toujljt; 
J&nti feetic on sjrcefe, in lieu of ftoeete Helujljt; 
J3t felfc fame tone 3 tiotfi lament anD iop -, 
3 (till ant pleafn, and pet Mfpieafets if ill ; 
Loue fomctitnejs fecmeg a God, CometmiCjS a Boy • 
ajomettnteg 3 fmtke, fomerimetf 3 fl»imme at Ml^ 
%\d%t fceatlj and life, fmall difference % mafee; 
011 t!jt0 Deere Dame bcfaltf me foj tljpTafce* 




54 



XL I. 

This Pafsion is framed vpon a fomewhat tedious or too much 
affected continuation of that figure in Rhethorique, whiche 
of the Grekes is called iraXiXoyia or avahlirXwa-L';, of the La- 
tines Reduplicatio : whereof Sufenbrotus (if I well remember 
me) alleadgeth this example out of Virgill, 
Sequitar pulcherrimus A ujlur, 
Aujiur eqtw fidens. 

r\ l?appp men ttjat finfce no laefce in Loue ; 
^ 91 Loue, antt latfee toljat molt 1\ Do tieare- 
®$v tieepe tiefire no ceafon can remoue; 
£11 rcafon u)unne£ nip bjeft, tfjat'g fet one ficc- 

£no fo tlje fire mainetaineg botlj fojee anti flame, 

djat fo^.ce auapietlj not ajamft tlje fame; 
£Dne onelp fjelpe, can ilafee flji# burning; Ijeate, 
flfllljiclj burning ijeate mocecSetlj from Ijec face, 
(L&ltjofe face lip looked lieVoitcljci) mv concefte, 
<iH\)lougfy totjfeij concefte 3! lute in tooefull cafe- 

3D teoefull cafe, toljiclj Ijatlj no enDe of lose, 

TOl Vooe-5 Ijaue enfce op fauotiu of my foe- 
0nD pet mp foe mametainetlj fuel) a dLIartx, 
&$ au ijec (L&larte is notljsng eltf imt Peace- 
But fuclj a peace, as fcjee&etlj fecreat Jarre, 
fifllljicf) Jarce no toitte, no fojee, no time can ccafe ; 

get ceafe oefpaire: fo? time tip toitte, oj Cojce, 

9£ap fojee mp frentrtp foe to take remote* 



A En rid. 10. 




55 



XLII. 

In this Pafsio the Authour vnder colour of telling his dreame 
doth very cunningly and liuely praife his Miftres, fo farre 
forth, as not onely to prefer her before Helen of Greece for 
excellencie of beautie, but alfo before howe many foeuer are 
nowe liuing in this our age. The dreame of it felfe is fo 
plainely & effectually fet downe (albeit in fewe wordes) that 
it neede no further annotation to explaine it. 

Tt}i8 latter niijijt arniM mp troubled reft 
$ Difmall Dreame mp fCtircfttll Ijfllt appalfc, 
(LcLlljereof tlje fomme teas tljfd: Loue matie a feaff, 

Wo toljlrfj all Neighbour, Saintes antl Gods tOCCe calDe : 

r uT!je eljeere toag moje ttjen mortal! men can tljmke, 
2lr\$ mirtlj greto on, by taking in tljeu* hiiixkz. 
Cljcn loue amioft Ijfs cuppctf to? Cemfce Done 

(Ban tljtltf tO M toft!) Ganymede f)!0 bo? ; 

31 fame tooulo finoe foj tljee mp pjeatp Sonne 

# fa^ef QjQilfC, tljeit Paris fyougftt to Troy : 

CLCllIjp, fir, qttotlj Ije, it Phebus ftanti mp frenU, 

afllfjo fenoto's tlje toojlD, tljid gcere \oilf foone tjatte end* 

^ijCn loue VCpUDC tljat Phebus fljOtiltl 110t CljOOfe 

But Do 1)10 belt to ftnoe tlje fapjeft face- 
$no fyc once fount? fyoulo neither Ml no? rfjoofe 
IBnt pecloe !jer felfe, ano cjjatmjje Ijer otoconia; place- 
Mad, Ijoto muclj toagf tljen my Ijatt aifrigljf, 
(Icllfjicfj baoe me toafce ano toatcij tup faire oelt'oljt ? 




56 



xLin. 

The fenfe or matter of this Pafsion is taken out of Scrap/line in 
his Strambotti, who writeth thus, 

Se Salamaudra in fiamma vine, e in fuoco, 

Non me flupifce qnel che fa natura, 
Ma cojlei die e di giaccio, & io di fuoco, 

E in mezo del mio cnor vine ficura ; 
Chi la defende in cofi ardcutc fuoco, 

Che doucndo fguagliar diuenta dura ? 
Solo Amor di Nahira aspro aduerfario, 

Che a fuo difpetto vuifce ogui contra rio. 

T% Salamander lmc0 in fire anti flame, 
£nD vtt but toonoer fmall m Matures Xooi'ae: 
2Sp ftraunpr fozce loue tomncg atoap ijcr tame, 
SL0 causing colDc in minft of ijeat to lurfce. 

Qxftijo lift of tijeie mv pained to take tijc tn'etu, 
Mitt foone confe&Ytljat Voljat 3 fau, {0 true, 
ifoi one ag collie a3 fjardcft frozen pfe, 
31 s fired fall, anD loUptlj in mp bfeft- 
(Lfllljomc rcafon tan remotte bp no tietufe, 
#>oz anp fojce can caufe to tome reft: 

jarib pet 3 tti'U fo ftoimme m fjoatc ticSre, 
<Eljat moje 3 burnc tljen eftljer flame oi fire* 
^oto ftraunge & tf)i'0 ? can contraries fo free, 
<Eijat ife in flame totil nettljer \oafte no? melt, 
IBut fti'll encreafe, anD Ijaroer potoe to bee, 
W$zn erft before ? all tljt'0 mp felfe Ijatte felt 
iFoz Loue 3Dame Natures foe, toitjjout remote, 
Clju0 coopletlj contraries* in me bp fojce + 

5F 2 



57 



X L I I I I. 

In this Pafsion the Authour mifliketh one while his eftate, & 
by and by after liketh of the fame againe, vppon hoape and 
likelyhoode of amendment, & throughout the whole Son- 
net hee fayneth his Miftres to bee a Second Swine: and by ex- 
preffmge his priuate infelicitie, in either alwayes meltinge 
away with Lone, or growinge ftiffe throughe Death approa- 
chinge neere him by reafon of dayly cares, hee maketh allu- 
fion vnto the diuerfe effe6les of the Sunne, whiche maketh 
the clay much harder, and the wax fofter, then it was before. 

'T 1 %tt Second Sunne, toljOCc beamed IjaitC &Wltl ttt£ ftgljt, 

1 fe>o fcojcljct! Ijatlj mg Ijart anD femes all, 
'tCijat cloggft toirlj caress, ants tioitie of all Delight, 
3 ondp fecfee, ant) Cue to lie Ijer tljjall ; 

W et foe tl) 10 Ijeate incrcafctlj Sap tip &ap, 

ftjat moje anti moje ft Ijaft'netl) nip decay* 
•c>omcrtme3 31 niclt, as if mv limmzg toerc tort, 
&ometftne£ poto ftiffc, as if tljep toere of clap- 
djji'fe Ijappp Ije teljome Loue dorlj neuer tw, 
ij2o? an? Second Sunne dot!) mcalt atoap : 

jJ2ap curfeti 31 Mafpljemc tlje fapjctnuryljt 

4ljat etier pet toags fcene fy> tiap oj mgljt* 
geccfjaunte Ijer parrljing Ijeateg tow once repaice 
S^p Ijart apme, anti matte me all aneto : 
lElje Phenix fo reitutcsi amititf tlje a^c 
IB-v fcertue of tljat Sunne toljiclj all men fot'eto : 

Cfje fertile of nip Sunne eccee&egf tlje ffcpe, 

By Ijer % Ojall retime, tljousjlj ft eft % Me, 




X L V. 

The Authour vfeth in this Pafsion the like fenfe to that which 
he had in the laft before it, calling his Miftres a Second Swine 
vpon earth, wherewith Heauen it felfe is become in Lone : 
But when he compiled this Sonnet, he thought not to haue 
placed it amongft thefe his Englifh toyes. 

"C* Oelices alij iuuenes, quos blandnla Cypris 

-*- Aptos fecit amoribus, 

Exoptare folcnt tenebrofa crepnfcnla noclis, 

Aurora maledicere : 
At multo eft mild cJiara viagis pulcherrima coniux 

Tythoni gelidifenis, 
Dum venit in prima furgentis parte diei, 

Et Soles gcminos mihi 
Apperit, & mcefto fcelices reddit o cellos, 

Quod Soles videam duos, 
Qui Jimili forma, fimili fie luce corufcant, 

Et mittunt radios pares, 
Vt Polus ipfe 710210 Terra laqueatus amore 

Flammis inuideat meis, 
Solis & ignoto fe tor r cat igue fecund 7, 

Oblitus decoris fui, 
Hand fecus aique olim, Cum veris prima vcnuftas 

Multo flore fuperbijt, 
Et nitidos primiim ftrophijs orndre capillos 

Pulchri Na'iadum chori. 




59 



X L V I. 

Here the Author bewaileth the extremitie of his eftate gro- 
winge dayly to be more troublefome then before, and all 
through the hard hart of his beloued : whome he therefore 
aptly compareth vnto a ftony rocke, which nothinge can 
moue or wafte awaye but longe continuance of time. And 
hereuppon, after hauing longe ftriued with himfelfe and his 
pafsions, hee is quyetly refolued to haue patience, & fo long 
to perfeuer in the frill hoping minde of a trewe louer, till by 
long continuance of time Loitc be induced to ftande his 
friend. 



All pee ttjat lone compare pour pamctf toitlj mine, 
WLfytl) tioptse of Ijoape continue frill Ijer ttjjall, 
ailljole ijact 10 Ijaro, ano newer 'mill afltjjne 
Si caunibme oar>, no? once totll boto at all, 

S^uclj lik tlje (ton? rocke, toljofe Ijaroneo fitse 
Mill fearfelp tore toit'ij courfe of time 01 tiDe* 
&nii pet, fine? time can toeare eaclj tljmp atoap, 
3 toil! enforce oit> felfe to lute content, 



All fo mt> tsjOU5lj?C0 



'to fcpon tsela?, 



^ijat IReafon title tlje roaif ano loue relent- 
€> iiame attempt in ffn'umg; toitlj SDiTpafre, 
3 butlti nought 210 but catties* in tlje a.v\z. 
jfoj Imjp : tlje »>unne map fooner il)inc bp niijijt, 
.ants ttoniculmg' ftarres ijfne glnmlnp fpackeg lip Sap : 
^Ijen 3! can ceaCe to feme tup Sweete delight, 
SEljome neitljer fojte noj time can tniue a\oap : 
^Tijerefoje in Ijoape tljat loue 'mill ftano mp trend 
31 ttju-3 continue, (£aclj tying but loue Ijatlj entu 




60 



XL VI I. 

This Pafsion conteineth a relation through out from line to 
line ; as, from euery line of the firft ftaffe as it ftandeth in 
order, vnto euery line of the fecond ftaffe : and from the fe- 
cond ftaffe vnto the third. The oftener it is read of him that 
is no great clarke, the more pleafure he fhall haue in it. And 
this pofie a fcholler fet down ouer this Sonnet, when he had 
well confidered of it : Tarn cafu, quam arte & indujlria. The 
two firft lines are an imitation of Seraphim, Sonnetto 103. 

Col tempo el Villanello al giogo mena 

El Tor Jl fiero, e ft crudo animate, 

Col tempo el Falcon s'vfa a menar Vale 

E ritomare a te chiamando a pena. 



I 



$ txmz tpe Bull i-3 byxqfet to toeait tlje poafo; 
Ijn timz ail Ijaggeefc %aufeesf toill ttoope tfie %vlxz^. j 
"i\\ time Ctnall Voctiijc tofll cleaue tl;e fturoieil <©ake ; 




j]2o goalie pieitade*, iyee toil! not pcelD to mfffljt; 
#>o Hurc teid cattfe Ijzt ftuopc, fiie beared full pig*; 
^0 toe&p ot'Vooe^ make p^nre, t>»e reaped no ngijt- 
sRo «l;e\i^e of reared tan motte, fte tljtafeegf 31 t'oicre : 
feelpe ttjerefoie Heaiinly Boy, come perce tjer luell 
(Lfliirl) tfiat Came iyaft, toijfrt) rolled me of hip reft, 
fe»o let l)zt feeie tljp fojee, tljat fye relent • 
»>o keepe t)er lotoej tljat ffjs foourfjCafe a pja? • 
feo frame ijec tofil to rigljt, tljat pn'De be tpent- 
feo foigc, tljat 3| map fpec^c without Delay • 

Sai^tct) if tljou Do, 3j'lc ttocare, anti Tinge tsjitlj iop, 
^Ei-at Loue no longer $ a MmDeo 25op. 




v^:?^;^:;- 




61 



XL VIII. 

This Pafsion conteineth two principal pointes. In the firft are 
placed two fimilitudes ; in both which the Authour expref- 
feth his own wilfulnes in loue. In the fecond, he compareth 
the bcautifull eyes of his Miftreffe vnto the eyes of the Ba- 
Jilique, which killeth a man with his onely fight being a farre 
of: whereof Lucau lib. 9. faith thus, 

Sibilaqnc cffundais cunclas terrentia peftes, 
Ante venena uocens, late Jibi fubmouet omne 
Valgus, & in vacua regnat Bafilifcus arena. 
And Mantuan in like manner, 

NaUis in ardeuti Libya Bafilifcus arena, 
Vulnerat aspeclu, luiniuibufque uccat. 

L3i(ie m tljc ftllfc Bird amies tljc nfjjljt, 
mi)m Birders bcatc tljc bun), an'o ftjalsc Ijig ncft, 
i^e flutm'ng fmlj fttcigljt flies tinto tljc liiil/t, 
&# \i it to ere tljc Mv nctoc fpjong; from (Baft, 
Mjcre fa Iji'cf louTull Voin'pi confumc atoap, 
^ijat nccDcs Ije muft become tlje Birders pjap : 
£>?, as tlje Flye, toljcn tannics arc aligljt, 
»»tili places about tljc flame iintil! Ijc burnt: 
(ifoten fo nip ijcart Ijatlj fecne a Ijcau'nlp ftrytjf, 
Wfyzutyntz apine it Ijartsb can retucne: 

W$z beanies thereof contcinc fuel) tsontspus flame, 
'QTljat loue Ijfm felec tooulo burnc to fee tijc fame* 
3i meant a Virgins face, fciljofc bmniz rare, 

Si^UClj ll'bC tljC Bafilique III Z-j^zVz foulC, 

cltltitlj onelp fttrljt 10 caufe of all mp care, 

&no loaog nip pcclDmg; Ijeart toftij'cnolcirc topic ; 

-get ncetscs 31 tnutt' confeife ftjc Ijartj mo?c grace, 

%l)Zl\ all tljC Nimphes tljat fjaimt Dianaes CljafC 







•'?J$< 







XLIX. 

The Author in this Song bewrayeth his dayly Pafsions in loue 
to be fo troublefome, that to auoide the flames thereof, hee 
gladly & faine would yeelde himfelfe to die, were it not that 
he feareth a further inconuenience would then arife. For he 
doubteth leaft thofe flames, wherein his foule continuallye 
burnetii, (hall make Charon afraide to graunt him paffage o- 
uer the Lake of Stir, by rcafon, his old withered boat is apt 
to take fire. 



Si3D great a Higljt ijatlj fet my minti on fire, 
Cljat fteft) anti boanc continue toirlj feereat flame, 
(Each fcaine tijies tip, toft peclties to ttccpr ocfarc: 
31 ftarce (alae>) bare Tap, for tierp fl&ame, 

f>oto faine my foule an mterctjaung;e toottlti make 
Ctoi.rt tljfe Ijer mefent fetate anti Limbo lake ; 
£n& pet fl)c DjeaD'a, leaft toljcn (ije partes from Ijence, 
liec Seated be luclj, tljat Charon toui retire, 
£nij let tjee palfe toi piaper, 1102 foj* pence, 
jfoj feare ijig toith'ietJ boat be fet on fire; 

3>o Daung'rous arc tije flames of SpgljtP Loue 
31 n Stix it felfe, in eartlj, 0* Ijeatt'n abotte. 
Mlljerefoje ticere 2Dame bnutcljfafe to reto mv cafe, 
Sint! faltte tlje foare tolu'clj tljou ff)P felfe Ijaft maoe: 
®$1> %atc3 ftrtf greto by ga^'nty oh tijp face, 
(Ltlifjofe Ifgljttf toere fttctj, tljat 31 coulti find no u)atie: 
J3n& tljou mp toearp mottle benti all tljp fojee, 
Bp pamtesf and Ceares to motte Ijer to remote* 



*Naulum in- 

telligit, de quo 

Iuuenal: 

Mi/a- inn eft pojl 

omnia perdcre 

naiilum. 




' 



In this Pafsion is effectually fet downe, in how ftraunge a cafe 
he liueth that is in loue, and in how contrary an eftate to all 
other men, which are at defiaunce with the like follye. And 
this the Authour expreffeth here in his owne perfon : there- 
withall calling vpon Loue, to ftand his frend ; or, if he faile, 
vpon death, to cut of his wearyfome life. 

AA/^ne otljerd feefce, mv fancy maketf me fall; 
v v (Lfllijfle ottjer£ line Centre, 31 &m* miCcljattnce; 
J fcjeati no Co?ce, tot) ere otljer ftanti asyaft; 

J CollOto CtltC toljere Fortune IeaJ3e5 tlje Daunce, 

(LcR'ao like a mummtng mate Co tljjotoes tlje 2D?ce, 
<cOjat Eeafon leeung all, Loue tosnned tlje pn'ce- 

Wi)iti) Loue by fozce Co toozketlj in mv lijeft, 

^Ijat necDcs perforce 3i ninft enclt'ne my toill 

^o Die in taeamecf, toljiles otfjergf lute m red, 

&n& lute in toocs toljt'le otljcrg feele none ill 
£D gentle Death let Ijeere my bayzg Ijatte enUe, 
£D? mijljtfe Loue, Co fcfe me'ajs tl)t» frenti* 

St?ine epejS ace toome toitfj teare-s, my toittes toitlj tooe, 

Sgp cottlottr DjtUe toitlj tares, my Ijart toitlj pained, 

919p toill ktoitcljt, my limmesi conCumeti Coe, 

<<3rjjat CcarCelP bloats, oj totall Ineatlj rcmapncsf : 
Mi)ik otljertf top, o^ flcepe, 3 toaple an'D toafee: 
M tljig (Zter* #«*»*,) 31 Cittter Coj tljp Cake, 




64 



LI. 

Tityus was the fonne of Iupiter, and for attempting to difhoneft 
Latona, was flaine by Apollo. Since which time the Poetes 
faine that for punifhment he lieth in hell, miferably tormen- 
ted with a rauening Vulture, which feedeth vpon his bowels 
continuallie : and they as they are confumed, fhill miracu- 
loufly growe vp againe, to breede his endleffe miferie, as the 
Poet witneffeth, 

Quid dicam Tityum, cuius fub vulnere fceito Claud, m G 

Vifcera nafcuntur grauibus certaniia pceuis ? 
The Authour compareth his pafsions with the paines of this 
Tityus, and imitateth Seneca writing to the like effeft, 

Vultur reliclo tranfuolet Tityo ferns, 

Meumque pcence femper accrefcat iecur. 

I if Tityus toieteljcd toigljt hcijclts mp pained, 
%t tatld confefie ljis tooundes to Be but fmall, 
<a Vultur tooife then his teareg all mv liaines, 
get neuer lets me Die, no: lute at all : 

ilfilottU) (15odS a tohi'le J migljt poUefle ljis place, 
^0 indue of iiotlj, tohiclj toere in better cafe, 
^{je Hell 10 darke, toljerein Ijc fttffretlj fmarte, 
$nd toants not fomc Compartncrs of his grcefc : 
31 liue in itgt't, ant) fee toijat ljurtes mp Ijart, 
But toant fome mourning mates fo? ntp releefe-, 
%'S paitte is mft retoarde, IjiS crimes to ere fuel) : 
S^p ctrcatclt fault is tljis, 31 lone too much. 
HM)V tjjen, fmce too muclj lotte can ineede offence, 
^hott daunn;'rous Bird, tlje roote of mp deftre, 
(Boe pearclj elstoljeie, remoue tljp felfetrom Ijencc; 
3 fjee^e like %% and tmrne like flaming: fire; 
get (tap good Bird : fin if tljou foare atoap, 
^Voirtifroft and iflame mp dapes \x»fll foone Decay. 




G 2 



6s 



LI I. 

Here the Authour after feme dolorous difcourfe of his vnhap- 
pines, and rehearfall of fome particular hurtes which he fu- 
fteineth in the purfute of his loue : firft queftioneth with his 
Lady of his deferte ; and then, as hauinge made a fufficiente 
proofe of his innocency, perfwadeth her to pitie him, whom 
fhe herfelfe hath hurte. Moreouer it is to be noted, that the 
firft letters of all the verfes in this Pafsion being ioyned to- 
gether as they ftand, do conteine this pofie agreeable to his 
meaning, Amor mc pungit & vrit. 



A A flStojlti of tooc$ Dot!) raityne tomjm nip bjeft, 
m J~\ 9£p penfme tljotiffljtetf arc cou'red all toinj care, 
o £Df all tljat ftnff tfje Swanne tiotlj pleafe nte belt, 
r Bcftratnt of iopess e,rile# m.p tooonted fare, 
M s©aD moo^e^ Loue lifttrpmg; Eeafontf place 

dKctrcmitie dotlj otter ntle tlje cafe* 



P ^9afne du'etlj fop hip tiainesf and foitall Moats, 



SllnlefJc tlje Saint 31 feme ryeue Ijelpe in time: 

n $>one el0, but uje alone, can Do nte pod + 

g taunt tljen pe C5odj3, tljat firft ftjc map not clime 
i 3Jmmojtall Ijeau'ng, to lute tomj Saintes abotte, 

t Sljen ftje tsottcljfafe to peeld me lotte fo? loue. 

E diamine toeli tlje tiim of mp dfTtrefXe 

t <Eljou datntp Dame, foj toljotn 31 pine atoap, 

V (Onppjtie tljottijlj, as needed tljoti mttft confetfe, 

r Kememimng; but tlje caufe of mp decap : 
i 3jn foetoing; tljp Dneete face arofe nip giiefe, 

t. ^Ijerefoje in tunc liottcijiafe me fome teltefe* 




66 



LI I I. 

The two firft partes of this Sonnet, are an imitation of certaine 
Greeke verfes of Theocritus ; which verfes as they are tranfla- 
ted by many good Poets of later dayes, fo mofte aptlye and 
plainely by C. Vrcinits Velius in his Epigrammes ; hee begin- 
neth thus, 

Nuper apis furem pupugit violenter Amove m 
Ipfum ex alueolis clam mclla fauofquc Icgcittcm, 
Cui fummos mamium digitos coujixit, at ille 
Indoluit, l&fcB tumucrunt vulncrc palmce : 
Pica ix it hit mi 1111, & faltu trepidans p id faint, & ipji 
OJlendens Veneri, cafwn narrauit accrbum, &c. 



W^crc rentier Loue Ijati lai'Dc Ijim tiotone to fleepe, 
Si little Bee fo (long; Ijfs fingers en&, 
'cEljat iiurning actjc cnfojceD ijim to teccpe 
Sim call 101 * Phebus feonnc to Hants Ijis ftenD, 
^o toljome Ije crioc, J\ mufc fo Cmall a tljing 
Can puefce t!ju3 tseepe toitlj fucljc a little ^ting. 

(iMjp f0, Dneet Boy, qttOtlj Venus fitting tip ? 

•ZO^mfe i0 pong, tljp arirotoes are but fmall 
<3nti pet tljp u)otte makes Ijaitieft Ijactsf to cup : 
'ZEo Phebus" ^>unne u)e mrncti tljerctoithall, 

£nti p2apne Ijim fl&elo tjiss skill to cure tlje foje, 
(Lfllljofe like Ijer Boy hats neucc felt ftefoje. 
OTjen Ije toitlj derived reeuceti foone tlje toouno, 
<LcHi}fcl) being Done, Ije tljjeto tlje %erbeg atoap, 
(lEljofe fojee, foiougij touching £<?»*, in felfe fame ground, 
23p IjapleCfe Ijap hit} ineetie mv Ijactes tieeap ; 

iFoj tljece tijep fell, toijere long mp halt fjati li'ne 
^o toaite foj Loue, anli toljat lje u)oult> aCftgne. 



'AEfculai 




LI I II. 

In this Pafsion the Authour boafteth, howe found a pleafure 
he lately enioyed in the companie of his Beloued, by pleafing 
effectually all his hue fenfes exterior, and that through the 
onely benefite of her friendly prefence, and extraordinarie 
fauour towards him. And in many choyfe particulars of 
this Sonnet, he imitateth here and there a verfe of Ronfardes, 
in a certaine Elegie to Ianct pcintre du Roy : which beginneth 
thus, 

Pein moi, Ianct, pein moi ie te fupplie 

Dans cc tableau les beanies de niamic 

De la far on, &c. 

\\T ^>at Ijappie Ijotoie toas tfjat 3\ lately pall 
v v CLcllitlj l)ct% in toljomc % fetitse mv fenfejs all ? 
ddtirlj one fure fealeti kiffe 1 plca0'o mv tail- 
Spne earc0 toirlj toaarti?5, toljiclj fecmeb ^iHicall- 
^ Duelling Voitlj Ijec lircatlj, like Ciuet foeete- 
S$p toucij m place toljere moacitie fijottgljt mcete, 
But tyall 3) fap, toijat obiectetf IjelD mine e?e ? 
%c curle-j Hocked of '-&-M, like Tagus fanbejs ; 
%c iFo?eljeati fmootlj anti toljite ass iuory, 
dfllljere Glory, State, anti Bafhfulines tjcio fjan&eg; 
l?er €n#, one making: peace, tlje otljec Marred; 

Bj? Venus one, tlje Otljei* Clll'D fop Mars ; 

%c Egles il^oCe- Ijer ^catiate Cljeekcsf Ijalfc teljite- 

%r Ceerij of Orient pearle : Ijei* gracious fmile ; 

l9er dtmpleti Cljinne; Ijec 2SjeaCt ass clcecc a$ liijljt- 

%l 4 ^anti like Ijera, *tofjo Tithon m beguile* 

Jfa? XoojIoIp iopes toljo migljt compare toitlj mee, 
ilfllljilc tljttS jYeDUc eaclj fenfe in ijig Degree ? 




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LV. 

The whole inuention of all this Pafsion is deducted out of Se- 
raphine, Sonnet 63. whofe verfes if you reade, you will iudge 
this Authors imitatio the more praife worthy ; thefe they are, 
Come alma affai bramefa & poco accorta 
Che viai vijio Jianca amor fe 11011 depinto, 
Difpofi vn di cercar fuo Labcriuto, 
Vedcrc el monjlro, & tania gente morta. 
Ma quel fil deragion chc chi per Jcorta 
Del qualfu tutto el ccco loco cinto 
Subito, ahimc, fit da lui rotto & vinto, 
Talche mai phi trouar feppi la porta. 

A [ g ijectieteJc %m tof>fc$i Loue m neueu kneto, 
iV1 But a.3 Ije toa.s DcCcnii'd toft$ ^aintecg tjant), 
£)ne tE-np amonaft tlje reft tooufo neeoes aoe tiieta 

C!je Labyrinth of Loue, tojilj all 1)10 feanH, 
^0 fCC tlje Minotaure %{$ OUglP uUC, 

&nti fuclj a0 tljere lap Same tajftytn tlje place. 

ISut Coone nip cruitiina; tljiia by UleaCon fpttmte, 

^Gilj ereVoitlj 3 pad a lonaf fjfef Dar&efome catte, 

flfllasf b^oake (alas) tip turn, and ouecntnne, 

£na 3| peif oice became m'5 captiue fiaue : 
Since \Bljen as pet 3 iietieu fount! flic toap 
^Eo leaue tjjat ma^e, tofjerem fo man? (trap. 

get ttjou on totjome, mine ei>ed Ijaue gaj'o fa longe 

SBap'ft, iTtijOU toilf, plap Afiadnaes part, 

SLntj lip a Ceconti Clnfo rcuemje tlje ftpngej 
ffEtyfcf) tl}2oitn;l) deceit Ijatlj fjurt mv piltlcue Ijart- 
wmtfyMz in tune to Catte anti fet me free, 
WLlffi) feefce and feme none otljec Saint iutt tljcc. 




6 9 



LVI. 

The firft Stafife of this Pafsion is much like vnto that inuention 
of Scraphiue in his Strambotti, where he faith, 
Morte: ckevuoif te bramo : Eccomi apprcffo ; 

Prendemi: a die? che manchi el mio dolorc ; 
Non poffo : ohime, non puoi ? non per adeffo ; 
PcrcJic ? pevb che in te non regno, il core. &c. 
The fecond Stafife fomewhat imitateth an other of his Stram- 
botti in the fame leafe ; it beginneth thus, 
Amor, amor: chi e quel cite chiama tan to? 
Vn tuo feruo fidel ; non ti conofeo ; &c. 
The Authour in the lafte Stafife, returneth to entrcate Death a 
new, to ende his dayes, as being halfe perfwaded that Lone 
would reftore vnto him his hart againe. 

CjkDme gentle SDcatlj j toljo calsf ? one tljats oppjell : 
cLCllijat i& tljp tnflJ ? tijat tljou abjidgx my tone, 

JBv ntrti'no: of my life; ceafc tljp rcqueft, 

31 cannot kill tljcif pet: alas, toijp foe ? 

Cfjou toant'fftljp l^art ddftio ftoale tlje fame atoap ? 
Iw, toljom tijou fcru'ff, intreat Ijmt it tljou map/ 

Come, come, come £0^ : toijo callctlj me fo oft ? 

r il{)y (IMTait true, toljomc tljou fijould'ft knoto bp rigljt 

MlljiVi ntafceg tljp erg Co faint ? hip. tsopec 10 fofte, 

#tid almoft fpent b? toaPlimi dapand tugtt 

(Lclitjp tljen, taijattf tljp rcqueft ? tlj at tljou rcftoje 
l/o me mp l£art, and fteale tlje fame no mo^e. 

#nd tljou, £D 2Dcatlj, toljcn 31 poiTciTe my Hart, 

9Difpatclj me tfjen at once: tojjp fo ? 

Bp pjomiTc tljou art bound to end my fmart 

Sfliljp, tf tljp. Hart rcturne, tljen toljattf tljp tooe ? 
'cOjat bjottffljt from cofoe, 3|t neuer toill defire 
'So reft toitlj me, toljiclj am moje Ijote tljen fire. 




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LVI I. 

Here the Authour cheerefully comforting himfelfe, rebuketh 

all thofe his frendes, or others whatfoeuer, which pitie his 
eftate in Loue : and groundeth his inuention, for the mofte 
part, vpon the old Latine Prouerbe, Confuetudo eft altera natu- 
ra. Which Prouerbe hee confirmeth by two examples ; the 
one, of him, that being borne farre North feldome ketcheth 
colde ; the other of the Negro, which beinge borne vnder a 
hote climate, is neuer fmoothered with ouermuch heate. 

A%\ pee, tfjat peette to tljinke tnp tseartj fo nee re, 
<<Eake pitie on pour Celueg, toljofe tijousjijt is blinD ; 
Can tijere be §Dap, tmlclTe Come %i$\)t appeare ? 
Can fire be col&e^tofjirfj peeltictlj Ijeate bp fein&e ? 

31 f Lone toere paff, mp life toottlti Coone tiecap, 

Loue biw nte Ijoape, aiiD Ijoape is. all mv (tap. 
$nti pou, tljat fee in toljat eftate 3 ftanU, 
#2oto bote, noto collie, anD ^tt am luting: (till, 
Petfua&e pour Celueef, I«« Ijatlj a migijtie Ijanti, 
janti cuftome framed, loljat pleafetij bed Ijer toll 

$ ling;' ling; life of Loue Ijatlj taucjljt mp lijeft 

%& ijarboz (liife, anti pet to line in red, 
^Oje man ttjat tstoelleg farre jRortlj, tjarlj feltsome Ijacme 
(LQiitlj blaft of Vomtei'0 toinD oi nipping; froft : 
Clje Negro felDome feeler Ijimfelfe too toanne 
*31flje abfoe tottljin IjisS natiue coatt ; 

ho, Loue ill me a Second Nature t'0, 

$no cuftome mafceg me tljinke mp (Lclloeg are BlilTe. 




* Jar iotlj cv-- 
prrtnur tea* 
rijf tij & \Bi)i-- 
Mapljiral rra 
(on approa* 
ttrtlj, tijat an 

Ethyopian 

may caft'Iji tit 
Spaine Sc flHO 
iljrrra to it!) 
tlje Ijcat of tlje 
rotmtm) 
tljnutjf) Spaine 

6c mare tcm» 
pcratc tljcii 

Ethvopia tsf. 



ft 



7 1 



LVIII. 

Aetna, called in times pa ft Inefia, as Volatcrranus witneffeth, is 
a hollow hill in Sicilia, whofe toppe burnetii continual- 
lie, the fire being maintained with a vaine of brimftone, and 
other fuch like Mineralles, which are within the faid Moun- 
tains Which notwithftanding, the bottome of the hill is 
verie pleafant, as well for the aboundance of fweete fruites 
and flowers, as for the number of frefhe fpringes and foun- 
taines. The Poetes faine, that when Iuppiter had with 
his thunderboltes beaten downe the Gyantes of the earth, 
which rebelled againft heauen, he did forthwith couer and 
oppreffe them all with the weight of this hill Aetna. Thefe 
thinges being well confidered, together with the verfe of 
Horace : 
De arte (Dens immortal is haberi 

Pottica. Dum cupit Empcdoclcs, ardentem frigidus Aitnam 

Infiluit) 
It may eafily appeare, why the Author in this pafsion compa- 
reth his heart vnto the hill. 

T^cuc 10 a monftrott^ Ijill in Siciii CopIc, 
W$zu \uo?kc0 tljat limping (Boti, Wjjtcij Vulcan ijigijr, 
8n& rebril <%mtc3 Itirke, toljomc Ioue Uft fople, 
flfllljen pinft tlje Ijeau'ntf tljep tiur£t p^efunic to fipt; 
W§z toppe tljcreof lijcatijctf out a burning flame, 
janD Flora attcd at bottome of tlje Came, 
%v fuelling: Ijcart is fuelj an otljcr ijilL 
Wfyzmn a BlintieU (Bofc bearcs all tlje Ctoape, 
SLnti rcbcll tljougljtcs relifting rcaCong thill 
$re bottnti by Ml from (tarring; tijence atoar>e; 

W$z toppe thereof tiotlj fmoafec toirlj fcallu'ng fmact, 
#nu tzmxnz lopes obtaine tlje lotoeft parte, 
f et iearne Ijcretoitij tlje tuffrencc of tlje ttoaine: 

Empedocles COUfum'D toitlj Aetnaes fire 

flfllljcn goMjcatsc tljere Ije Cougljt, but all in tiaine: 

But tfcis mp Ijeart, all framing tottb tsetVre, 
(tobjacetlj in it felfe an 8xt$zl$ face, 
OTjiclj bearetlj rule ats (lPotitieffc of tlje place. 



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LIX. 

The Author in this pafsion accufeth his ovvne eyes, as the 
principall or onelie caufe of his amorous infelicitie : wherein 
his hearte is fo oppreffed continuallie with euils, which are 
contrarie in them felues., that reafon can beare no fwaye in 
the caufe. Therefore in the endc, he inftantlie entreateth 
his Ladie of her fpeedie fauoure and goodwill, alleaginge 
what hurte may growe through her longer delaye. 

T^at tljfnn;, toljcrcin mine tvt$ Ijauc moff ddigljr, 
Jp nrrcateit caufe mv Ijearftiotij umec paine: 
£>uclj is tlje ijurt tljat coiner by toanton ftvfoi-, 
afliijfclj reafon urines to toauin) ail in uflme; 

djte onclp fenfe, moie quicfce fljeit alt tfje red, 

featlj kinMeD Ijolic fire toirtjm mv iueit 
£nti To nip mourning; g carte i0 parching; fcnfe 
(Mtij fens5mj figljes atnca&e, anfc keeping care, 
^Ijat ncetics it muff confmm, it" longs it Ipe 
Jn place, ftujerc mclj a flame Dotij make repare : 

<&$$ flame 10 Loue, toljome none may toell intrcatc, 

But onelp ft)ec, foz toljomc 31 ftufet ijtatc* 
^Ijen pecreleOtc Dame, tlje grounti of all mp piece, 
lloutfafe to cure tlje caufe of mv complainte: 
0o fauoure el0 but tljtne can pfetee relscfe. 
But Ijelpe in time, before 3 furtljer fainte, 
„ jf 02 HDaunger ffcotoeg bv u'ngxinp till tlje laff, 
„ Sim p^iXick tjatlj no Ijefpe, toljett life fef paff. 




I? 



LX. 

The Authour groundeth this Pafsion vpon three poyntes. In 
the firft, he fheweth howe he witting and wilfully followeth 
his owne hurt, with fuch like words as Medcsa fometime v- 
fed, 

Ouid. Metam. * Video meliora, proboquc, 

lib. 7. Deteriora fequor, &c. 

In the fecond, he excufeth his fault vpon the maine force 
and tyrannie of Lone, being the onely gouernour of his wil. 
And laftly, he humbly entreateth his Lady for the reftitu- 
tion of his wonted libertie : defiring her not to exa6t more 
of him, then his abilitie of bodie or mind can well fufteine, 
according to the olde verfe, 

Pelle magis rabida nihil eft dc Vidpe pctcndum. 

W*M etter man, toljofe Loue toaa like to mint ? 
31 folloto Ml tlje cattfe of mp Uiftreife, 
$$p l£airt fo^efcemg ljucte, tiotlj pet encline 
%o feeke tlje fame, anti tljinfeeg tlje Ijarme tlje lelfx 
3n tJomg tljug, pott affee ote toljat 31 aple : 
jajjainft maine fojce toljat reafon can pjcuaile ? 

Lone 10 tlje Lord ant! Signor of tltp to ill, 

l^oto il>aU 3J tljen tiifpofe of anp fceetie ? 

Bp foiceti Bonti, Ije jjolteg mp fcecDonte mil, 

% HuisJ eaclj fenfe, ants mafeeg mp Ijact to Meetse t 

tOjott »>acreti jl2hnp!j, toljofe berttse toantetlj (tame, 
jagcee toitlj £0^, anti fet me free atyaine* 
flDf tljijs nip tocarp Hife no tiap Qjall fall, 
(LQIljerein mp penne ftiaU onec tljp pjaffe fo&yet: 
j|2o ifSi'uijt toittj ileepc tyail clofe mine epc^ at all, 
Before 31 make recount of ftttlj a Debt- 

'cOjcn fo?ce me not to mo?e tljen toell 3 map, 
Befits 1)10 S>fcinne, tlje fo;r Ijatlj nought to pap + 




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LXI. 

The inuention of this Pafsion is borrowed, for the moft parte 

from Seraphim Son. 125. Which beginiiei.lv 
S^ el gran torment i fier fulmini acccfi 

Perdnti hauefsi, e lifuoijlrali A more, 

1 iiho tanti traffitti in meggio el core, 

Che fol da me li potriano effer rcfi ; 
E fe de gli ampli mari in terra ft eft 

Fujfe priuo Neptuno, io fpando fore 

Lagryme tante, die con pin liquor e 

Potrebbe nuoui mari Jiauer riprefi ; &c. 

I if Lone Ijao loft Iji0 u)afte3, anti ioue tiotonc tijieto 
%'0 tljunUjinff ftolteg, ana fpent \\# fojfceo fire, 
^Ijep onelp mtffljt recou'reo fte aneto 
from out mp t^act ccoftoottnoeti toitij tscure- 

£Dj tT Debate ftp Mars tocre loft a fpate, 

3it mujljt be found toitljin tlje felfe fame place • 
3f Neptunes \uaues toere all Du'tse tip anu pne, 
9£p Voceping zr>z$ fo manp teaces tu'tfill, 
Ctjat greater s<ea3 mujljt gcoto ftp tljem alone- 
<3Dj if no flame torn pet remaining; mil 

3jn Vulcans fo?p, Ije mtpt from out nip ft^ett 
gl^ake cljoife of fuel) as fl)oulo ftefit Ijim belt 
3j£ Aeole toere tiepu'u'ti of all Ijfd cljarp, 
let foone coulo 3 refine lji3 toinOea againe, 
*&l> fobbing; Qgljesf, toljit!) fojtlj 31 Moto at large, 
^6 moue Ijer minti tljat pleatureg in mp paine ; 
flfllfjat man, but % coulu tlju0 eneline Ijte toill 
<^o lute m Lone, toljiclj Ijatlj no eno of ill ? 




75 



L X I I. 

That the vulgar forte may the better vnderftand this Pafsio, I 
will briefly tench'- thofe, whom the Author nameth herein, 
being ai damned foules (as the Poets faine) & deftinate vnto 
fundrie punifhmentes. Tantalus hauing his lippes full at the 
brinke of the riuer Eridanus, yet dieth for thirft. Ixion is ti- 
ed vnto a wheele ; which turneth inceffantly. A vulture fee- 
deth vpon the bowels of Titytis, which growe vp againe e- 
uer as they are deuoured. Sifyphus rowleth a great rounde 
ftoane vp a fteepe hill, which being once at the top prefet- 
ly falleth downe amaine. Belides are fifty fifters, whofe con- 
tinuall taske is, to fill a bottomieffe tub full of water, by la- 
ding in their pitchers full at once. 

T & t|at 3 tfjnrfi fa: fury a ^otstseiTe pace 

1 .35 toanteg rentage, like Tantalus 3 Uz ■, 

99p ffate & equall to Ixions cafe, 

HBlpiz rentet? iimttfg ar tiirn't! eternall?, 
3|n tfjat mp tolling; topic* can ijatie no enl3, 
j2o: time, no: place, rioj cljaunce toili danD inv friend 

3jn tljat nip heart conftiming neuec Dpe0, 

3 feele U>trlj Tityus an equall papne, 

flDn to|ome an aier feeuing; IHultur Ipcs; 

3|n tijat 3 rpfr t!i:ouiTli hope, anti fall agatne 
15p feare, like Sifyphus 3 later ftili 
'(Eo titrle a rotDltna: iioane again!! the Ijiii-, 

3n tpat 3 make nip tsotoes to Ijer alone, 

(lEIofe eateg are neafe, anti 'mill reteine no fount!, 

cdlttij Belides my ftate 10 all but one, 

£xLHj!Ci) fill a tut>, tohofe bottoine id not founti* 

3L toonts:ou3 tfjing;, p/ ILoue u)oul53 make the toounti, 
(KRIerein a fetonti %ell map tfjug lie founu. 






- 



L X I I I. 

Loue hath two arrowes, as Coradus Celtis witneffeth in thefe two 
verfes : 

Per viatris aft mm, & per fera fpicida, 

Qua bina fert fauns Cupido, &c. Odarum. lib. 

The one is made of leade, the other of golde, and either of 
them different in quality from the other. The Authour ther- 
fore faineth in this Pafsion, that when Cupid had ftroke him 
with that of lead, foone after pittying his painefull eftate, he 
thought good to ftrike his beloued with the other. But her 
breft was fo hard, that the fhaft rebounding backe againe, 
wounded Loue him felfe at vnawares. Wherehence fell out 
thefe three inconueniences ; firft, that Loue him felfe be- 
came her thrall, whome hee fhoulde haue conquered; then, 
that fhe became proud, where fhe mould haue been friedly. 
and iaftly, that the Authour by this meanes defpaireth to 
haue any recure of his vnquiet life, & therfore defireth a fpee 
die death, as alluding to thofe fetetious verfes of Sophocles*, * Eicctra. 
rl yap /3poro)v av crip Kafcois fizpLcy/iivcov 
6v7)ctk€CV 6 fiiWcov, rov y^povov ftepSos (pepoi. 
which may be thus Englifhed paraphraftically. 
What can it him auaile to Hue a while, 
Whome, of ail others, eidlles are betyde f 

LCm fjatlj ttoo ffjaftts, tljt erne of beaten goto, 
3v firoafee toijerof a ftoeete effect is toiotujfjt: 
Ojt orljtr i$ oflumpiuje ksftzn mottlb, 
jana tooUictlj ncnc tztu, but tofjat i$ nought; 

LLlttijm mp mitt ttir latter of tlje ttoainc 

S:tatie3 fearc, fcare tyottayt, anti tljourjljt a laffing paint* 

One tiar> amongft tljt reft Ctocctc Loue btganne 

co pittp mint effate, anti tijotiirljt it bell 

Z.0 percc mv SDearc to iff) plot, tfjat fl-t mirjljt feartne 

£Qv cafe arijjljt, anU turn: mv topleg to red: 
~ 26ut from Ijer inetf mo:cljarrj tijen Ijarfctft flint 
l^is fi&aftt fletoc bacfee, anU in Ijim felfe matit p:intx. 

anil tij!5 is caufe tljat Loue notij itoup ijer lure, 

ulljofc tjtart Ijc tljoualjt to conquer: fo: mv Caftt; 

Ojat ft)t is p:outie- anti j toitljout recure: 

Cliijui) triple turte feoff) caufe mp fjopt to quake: 

l^oapc loft b:ecties rjritft, rjftcfc paint, anti paint Qifeafe, 
Sbifeafe fninaes atari), tofjlcfj Dtartj to ill onelp pleafe. 



LXII.II. 

This Pafsion is of like frame and fafhion with that, which was 
before vnder the number of XLI. whetherto I referre the 
Reader. But touching the fenfe or fubfbance of this Pafsion, 
it is euident, that herein the Authour, by layinge open the 
long continued grieuefomnes of his mifery in Lone, feeketh 
to moue his Miftres to fome compafsion. 

Mi IjnmMe fitte Ijatlj fct mp mititie on p|iOe, 
(ULlljfcl) pu'tie i0 eaitfe tljott Ijaft me fa trifoaine, 

%l toljtclj osfDame nip toounoc0 arc niaoc fo to foe, 
TOat tasocneiXe of nip Voottntie^ augmented my paine, 

dMjsefj paine tg cattfe, ftp fojee of recreate mrre0, 

^ at 3 fttftaine a hiwxt of mfaate ClHaixe& 
But eeafc tieere SDame to feintile fuitljcc ftcife, 
Het »>triteg Ijatte entse, ants peace eniop fijeir place- 
3jt Peace take place, pitie map fane nip life, 
3fo? pftfe tyottln be Qjoto'ne to fttctj a# trace 

St^oft tiaunff'roug Voape0, ano treats tljeir ftcpp'jS ato$, 

£D| line fa teocd : ano fuel) a one am 3* 

TOd'CfOje My Deere Delight tetxatt! Hip Loac, 

t&lljome Lone Sjotlj fojee to firttoto jFontf 3De8re, 
{L&lljiclj jfono SDcfire no counfell can remoiie- 
Jfoj toljar can counfell ooc, to quenclj tlje fax 

TOat ftcctf nip Ijart xY^nml) fancied Voaiuou Void ? 

Fancie by kind with Reafon ftriucth ftill. 




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LXV. 



In the firft and fecond part of this pafsion, the Author pro- 
ueth by examples, or rather by manner of argument, A nia- 
iori ad Minus, that he may with good reafon yeeld him felfe 
to the imperie of Lone, whome the gods them felues obey ; 
as Iuppiter in heauen, Neptune in the feas, and Pluto in hell. 
In the laft ftaffe he imitateth certaine Italian verfes of M. 
Girolamo Parabofco ; which are, as followeth. 
Occhi tuoi, auzijielle alme, & fatali, 
One ha prefer itto il ciel mio mat, mio bene : 
Mie lagrime, efofpir, mio rifo, e canto ; 
Miafpene, mio timor ; mio foco & giaccio ; 
Mia noia, mio piacer ; mia vita & morte. 

Y\j ^o fenotocrt) not, Ijoto often Venus tonne 

v v feath fojeeti iuppiter to leauc W reate ? 

<?Di eld, Ijoto often Neptune Ije fjatlj totmne 

jf com feaed to fanned, to play Come toanton feate ? 
£E>2, Ijotoe Ije Ijatlj conuraino tije Hotfi of Stix 
Co come on eartlj, to piaccffe louing tricked ? 

3f tjeatt'n, if feacd, if Ijcll mult needed obap, 

.ants all tljcrem he Cubiect imto Loue ; 

(LcRIjat fpall it then auaile, if 31 gainfap, 

£n& to my double ijurt Ijid poto'c no pjoue ? 
i£o, no, 3 peclti mp felfe, ad id but meete : 
ifoz ijetijeuto tm'tlj to'u ije pteloed me ftoeet 

if com out mp Miftres cp cd, ttoo ligijtfome (tarred, 

^e oeltinatcd eftate of Double feintie, 

S©p. teaced, mp fmpling chcere- mp peace, my toarred; 

^p. Cigljcd, mp fonged; hip feare, mp hoping minoe- 
2§P fpre, ntp. croft ; mp top, mp tootocd gall; 
2$p. cucfe, mp pjapfe; mp Death, but life toitlj all. 



Selua Seconda. 




79 



LXVI. 

This Latine pafsion is borrowed from Petrarch Sonetto I 3 3. 
which beginneth. 

Hor, clilciel, e la terra el vento tace, 
E le fere, e gli augelli ilfonno ajfrena, 
NotteH carro ftellato in giro mcua, 
E nelfuo let to il mar fend onda giace ; &c. 
Wherein he imitated Virgill, fpeaking of Dido, thus. 
Nox crat, et taciturn carpebant feffa foporeni 
Corpora &c. 
And this Author prefumeth, vpon the paines he hath taken, 
in faithfully tranflating it, to place it amongft thefe his 
owne pafsions, for a figne of his greate fufferance in loue. 

DVm caelum, dam terra tacct, vcntufquc filcfcit, 
D unique fci'as, volucrefque quics complcclitur alta, 
Noxque agit in gyrum flellantes fydere currus, 
Iuque fuo leclo recubat fine flumine Pontus, 

Malta ego con temp lor ; fludeo ; conflagro ; gcmifco 

Et, mea quce dulcis pcena eft, mihi femper oberrat. 
In me bella gero plenufque doloris & irce, 
Paxque mihi modica eft Laurce folius in vmbra. 

Oritur ex vno claro mihi fonte & accrbum, 

Et quod duke fapit ; quorum depafcor vtroque : 
Vuica meque mauus l&dit, lafoque mcdetur, 

Marty riumque 7neum nullo quia limite claufum eft, 
Mi lie ncces pacior, vitas totidemque refumo 
Quoque die ; fupcreflque mihifpcs nulla falutis. 




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L X V I I. 

A man finguler for his learning, and magistrate of no fmall ac- 
coumpt, vpon flight furuey of this booke of pafsions, 
eyther for the liking he had to the Author, or for his owne 
priuate pleafure, or for fome good he conceyued of the 
worke, voutchfafed with his own hand to fet down certaine 
pofies concerning the fame : Amongft which, this was one, 
Loue hath no leaden Jteeles. Whereat the Author glaunceth 
throughout al this Sonnet ; which he purpofely compyled 
at the preffe, in remembrance of his worfhipfull frend, and 
in honour of his golden pofie. 



Wlcn Cupid i0 content to kecpe tfje ffeiesf, 
^e neuer takeg Delist m ftan&mg; itill, 
IBut too and frae, aitii eu'cp tofjere Ije fliejaf, 
#n& eu'cp CPoD fubdueti) at Ijis to ill, 

81$ iffjis boato tee like to Fortunes toijeele, 
^int felfe like Ijer, fiautng no leaden Ijccle* 
(Ifllljen otljcc Voljile^ l)e paiTetlj Lemnos 3Jle, 

(EMjappP bOV Ije pb!$ tlje * Clubfoote Smith, 

(Lcltfjo tljjeatehs ljim, anti hM ljim (tap a toljile, 
But laugljing ottt Ije leattegf ljim Ije fo^toitj, 

&n& makc2> ljim felfe companion toitlj tlje Winde 
<<Eo tTjeto, ljj'0 Ijeele^ are of no leatsen kintie, 
But in mp felfe 3! Ijaue too tretoe a pjoofe : 
JFoj tofjen l)e firft efpptie my raunging; Heart, 
^e Falcon like came fotofirig from aloofe, 
^tg ftotftlp falling; ftroake encceaft my fmart : 
2L# yzt my Heart tlje tiolence it feelesf, 

2jQXI) l Cf) make^ me Cap, Loue hath no leaden heeles. 



Vulcane. 




M 8 1 



LXVIII. 

The Author hath wrought this pafsion out of certaine verfes 

of Stephanus Forcatulus, which are thefe. 
Cor mihi punxit amor, fed punxit prcepete tclo ; 

figitur hoc turn phis, cum mag is excutio. &c. 
Carpere diciamum Cretcea nil iuuet Ida, 

quo vellunt cerui fpicula fixa hues. 
Telephus hcsc eadem fatalia vulnera fenjit, 
fanare vt tautum, qui facii ilia, queat. 
And whereas the Author in the end of this pafsion, alludeth 
to the woundes of Tehphus, he is to be vnderftoode of that 
Tehphus, the Sonne of Hercules, of whofe wounde, being made 
and healed by Achilles onely, On id writeth thus. 
Devcmed l=b i Vidnus AchillcTO quod quondam fecerat hofii } 
Vulneris auxilium Pelias ha/la tulit 
And propertius in like maner lib. 2. 
Myfus et Hcemonia iuuenis qui cufpide vulnus 

Scuferat, hac ipfa cufpide fenjit opem. 
Suidas mentioneth an other Telephus, an excellent Gramarian 
of Pergamus. 

I$L fecrete feate ant! centre of nip Ijearte, 
ilntoareg to me, not once fufpectincj ill, 
HinUe Cupides Ijant) Ijattj fi.it a ncatilp Dart, 
flfllljereat fjoto ere 3 pluck, it fticfcetfj mil, 
Sliiti \noifcc0 effect like tijofc of Arab fople, 
clfllljofe Ijeaoed are nfpt in popfon fteets of opie + 
31ft toere like faoCe, VoljercVDitlj in Ida platne 
Cfje Craetan Ijunter tootmUes tlje chafed tscere, 
3 coulB toitt) Diftame hiaW ft out agame, 
jetnli aire me fo, tljat ffearre fyoulD fcarce appeare: 
* m aiiuuctij * <3Dj if Akides Qjaft did make me bleed, 
to tfje toounif Machaons art tooulti Hand me in Come ffectie* 

as Philoctetes. ^ m ^^ ^ (t ^ ^ muft com p flre 

221itf) fatall toounDesi of Telephus alone, 
&nti Cap, tljat fje, toljofe tjanti Ijatlj to^ourjljt hip care, 
9£uft cptijcr cure mp fatall toountie, 02 none: 
ttpe tljercfa:/ gentle Loue to eate ntp Ijeart, 
QflUjofe painefil encreafe, till tljou toitljtyato tijp dart 



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L X I X. 

In the firft ftaffe of this Paffion, The Authour as one more 
then halfe drowping with defpaire, forowfully recounteth 
fome particular caufes of his vnhappineffe in Loue. In the 
refidue, he entreateth a better afpefte of the Planets, to the 
end, that either his life may bee inclined to a more happie 
courfe, or his death be haftned, to end all his mifery at once. 

Ml iope3 arc tionne, rnv comfort quite otfmap'd, 
^v Warp tostre0 iietoitclj't toiti) toanton toill, 
2$p tos'll tip Fancies Ijeetieleg faultc bctraptj, 
Wpft epc0 on Beauties fate are fi,re& full, 

:2[ntJ toljofe conceptc Folly Ijatlj clouded Coe, 

^Ijat Lotie COntlutie^, my heart muft Hue in woe. 

But ctjanp afpeit n anpp ftarresf aboue, 

&nti poton* dittine reftoje mp liberty 

£Dl graunte tjat foone % map eniope mp. Loue, 

Before mp Utz incucre mm miferp : 

jfoj riotoe Co ijotte & eactj affault 3 feele 

£0 tooulUe Diilolue a Ijeart moje Ijarfce tljen (teele. 

£>j if pou needed mult toojfee nw deadly intact, 

^erfofme pouc cfjacp lip. Ij acting on mp deatlj 

%n figljt of ijer, teljofe eped entftall mp Ijeact: 

Sot!) life anli dcatlj to tjec | isoe bequeatlj, 
3jn Ijope at lalt, fye toiil fooutfafe to fap, 

I rewe his death, whofe life I made away. 




LXX. 



Erotopfegni- 
con. lib. I. 



In this pafsion the Authour fome what a farre off imitateth an 
Ode in Gervafms Scpinus written to Cupid, where hee begin- 
neth thus : 

Quid tenelle puer, Pharetra vbinam eft? 

Vbi arc us refer ens acuta Luna; 

Bina cornua ? vbi flagrans A moris 

fax ? vbi igneus ille arcus, in quo 

De ipfis Coj/ico/is, virifque viclis 

Vinci if que ante iugum aureus triumphas ? 

Hand poffent tua fuuuua numiua vua/n, 

Vnam vincere Virginem tenellam ? 

Qui fortes aniiuos pudicce Elifcs 

Fortioribus irrigaus venenis 

Vicifii: &c. 



CVpid, tuyere 10 tljp gol&en quitter notoe ? 
(Ifiiljere is( tljp ttucop Botoc ? ants toljcre tlje fire, 
Gfiiljiclj maoc ere tljis tlje Gods tljcmfcute^ to boto ? 
feljall n)e alone, toljfclj tojcetlj mp Defire, 

Eepo^t oj tljtnke tljp CiWacao 10 To Cmall, 
%ijat fijc tlj20ttglj pji'Dc can fcape front being tljjall ? 
Whilom tljou ouercam'ft tlje ftatelp minDe 

£Dl Cljall Elifa quecne OC Carthage lant), 

JStnti oio'lt conltraine Pafiphae gat'nft Ijer fcmti, 

0IlD blOtlgljteft Europa t'atrc tO Creta fande, 

g&tite tljjotiglj ttje Duelling feead, to pleafttre ioue, 
flfilfjofe Ijeatt'nlp Ijeart toad toticlj't toitlj mo^tall Ioue* 
^Ijtt0 toert tljou tottnt to OjeVoe tljy fojee ano ftigfjt, 
2Sp conqu'ring tijofe tijat toerc of jigljeft race, 
2xLit)CL*e notoe it feemeg tljou cljangeft tljp oeliglji", 
permitting (till, to tljp no Cmall tuTgrace, 
Si Virgin to tiefpife tljp felfe, anD me, 
(KWjoCe Ijeart 10 ljer0, toljerc ere mp bo&p be. 




84 



LXXI. 

The Authour writeth this Sonnet vnto his very friend, in ex- 
cufe of his late change of ftudy, manners, and delights, all 
happening through the default of Loue. And here by exam- 
ples he proueth vnto him, (calling him by the name of Ti- 
tus, as if him felfe were Gyfippus) that Loue not onely wor- 
keth alteration in the mindes of men, but alfo in the very 
Gods them felues ; and that fo farre forth, as firft to drawe 
them from their Celeftiall feates and functions, and then to 
enfnare them with the vnfeemely defire of mortall crea- 
tures, a Pafsion ill befitting the maiefty of their Godheads. 

Anas neerc Titus mine, mp auncient frcnD, 
&Hijat mafceg thee mttfe at tljis mv pjefeut pltffijt, 
r 9Do fee mv tooontets ior>es enioy tljctt; enti 
&ttti Ijoto mv Qfynlz Ijarlj loft \)k old Delight ? 

This is the leaft effe6l of Cupids dart, 

^0 change the minde by wounding of tl)£ IjeaFk. 

Alcides fell in loue as 3j Ijaue Done, 

&n& lapo auoe both club and 3Lion0 Cfcinne: 

Achilles f00 toljetl IjC fat re Bryfes tDUltne, 

^o fall from to acres to toooing Hid begmnc* 
il^ap, if tljou lift, furuep tlje Ijcau'ns aboue, 
&nti fee ijoto Gods tljem felues are cljanij'D by Loue. 

loue (tealess from flues to lye bp Lsedaes atie- 

Areas fcefcenaes foi faire Aglaums fake, 

Smt\ Sol, fo fOOUC aS Daphne (s cfpfeU, 

^o follotoe Ijer Ijis Cljariot Dotlj fojfafee : 

&o meruaile tfjen although 1 change nip minDe, 
Wfyitfy am in loue toitlj one of Ijeatt'nlp feiuDe* 




L X X I I. 

In this Sonnet The Authour feemeth to fpecifie, that his Belo- 
ued maketh her aboade in this our beautifull and faire Citty 
of London, fituate vpon the fide of the Themfe, called in la- 
tine Tkamejis. And therefore, whilft he faineth, that Thame- 
fis is honourably to be conueyed hence by all the Gods, to- 
ward es the Palace of old Nereus, he feemeth to growe into 
fome iealofie of his miftres, whofe beautie if it were as well 
known to the, as it is to him, it would (as he faith) both de- 
ferue more to be honoured by the, and pleafe Tryton much 
better, then Thamefis, although fhe be the faireft daughter 
of old Oceauus. 



OCeanus not long ape decreets 
<cEo toetiii Ijf0 ueairett tiaugfttei* Thamefis 

<<lEo Tryton Neptunes fonne, aiti) tljat toi'tlj Fp^CCtlC : 

CKLlljen Neptune fatoe tlje marc!) toad not ami'iTc, 

%e pjav&e tlje ^5ots0 front Ijurljeft to tlje leaff, 
(LQiitlj tjitn to telebjate tlje iI2uptiall feaft, 

loue tuts DefccnD toft!) all Ijtsf Ijeatt'nlp traime, 

&!lD tame foj Thamefis to London ft tie, 

3n toljofe contsmt eaclj one implopti Ijig pame 
So reuerence tlje date of fucfj a Bride : 

Bttt toljilft 1 fatoe Ijec leD tO Nereus ^all, 

^p lealottsf Ijeait bepnn to tljzobb Voitljall* 
3 ooubteti 31, led anp of tljat csretoe, 

31 n fetCljing Thamefis, li)0Ul3 fee nip Loue, 

clcLlijofc tifing: face i$ of more Imelp fjetoe, 
'cEljen anp Saintes in eactlj, oj Ijeatt'n abotte: 
Befiks, 31 fear'ti, tljat Tryton tooulli tseftre 

S^p Loue, ailti Ut |)!0 Thamefis retPJC, 




"V ' '3^f^^^^^^ 



igM^^^=^M*> 







L X X I I I. 

Here the Author, by faining a quarrell betwixt Loue and his 
Heart, vnder a fliadow expreffeth the tyrannie of the one, & 
the miferie of the other : to fturre vp a iuft hatred of the 
ones iniuftice, and caufe due compafsion of the others vn- 
happines. But as he accufeth Loue for his readines to hurt, 
where he may ; fo he not excufeth his Heart, for defiring a 
faire imprifonment, when he neded not : thereby fpecifying 
in Loue a wilfull malice, in his Heart a heedleffe follie. 

IEue to tijmfce tipon flje tuTniall Dap 
(Ifllljeii Cupid firft proclanteti open toacee 

Sipinft Hip Hearte ; toijl'clj fletlDC toltljOttt Ucliip, 

IBut toljen ije tljottgfjt from Loue to lie molt force, 

W$z toingreti bop pjeucnteti lj mi bp flight, 

&n& leti Ijfm captiuclpfee from all Delist* 
%ty time of trsumplj being: ouecpaft, 
=^e feared? fcnetoe toljeee to beiMoe tlje fpoi'le, 
%\\\ tljeoujjlj mp IjecQlclXe Heartes tsefice, at laft, 
% locfet Ijfm tip in Tower of enMeile topic, 

Qfllttfjtn Ijec bjeft, teljofe Ijarimcfc toft tiotlj ie^e 

%r fillp gljelt Cotter tijen Ugufo toe.r* 
CMS Ptffon at tlje ft eft Diti pleafe fjfm toell, 
&no feent'ti to be Come eartijlp Paradife, 
dfllfjere llOto (alag) Experience Dotlj tell, 
Cljat Beawties batetf can mafee t!)e Qmple toife, 

&n& ln'&tiejs ijim blame tlje btrU, tljat toiUtnglp 

Cljoafetlj a pl&en cage fo? liberty 




m 



8 7 



L X X I I I I. 

The Author in this pafsion, vpd a reafon fccret vnto him felfe, 
extolleth his Miftres vnder the name of a Spring. Firft he 
preferreth the fame before the facred fount of Diana, which 
(as Quid witneffeth 3. Metam :) was in the valley Gargaphie, 
adioyning to Tltcebes : then, before Tagus the famous riuer 
in Spaine, whofe fandes are intermixt with ftoare of gold, as 
may be gathered by thofe two verfes in Martiall lib. 8. 
N011 illi fatis eft turbato fordidus auro 

Hermits, & Hefperio qui fonat orbc Tagus. 

And laftly, before Hippocreue, a fountaine of Bceo tin, now called 
the well of the Mufes, & fained by the Poets, to haue had his 
fource or beginning from the heele of Pegafus the winged 
horfe. 

AHt!jonn;Ij tljt ojoppe3, tofjtcf) cljatmg'a A6tasons ifcape, 
(Ifilere Ijalfe tiiume, aim horn a CatccD fount; 
Cljougij aftei' Tagus ftmoea t!je toojlo Do gape- 

£nD Hippocrene Haiti! Ill Ijifflj aCCOtmt: 

get tljer'0 a Spring, toljofc tiertue tiotlj ercell 

Dianaes fount, Tagus, anD Pegafe teelL 

^Ijat Ijappie Ijoto'r, toljero'n 3! found it furft, 

£nD fat nie ootone aDiopnmiy to tlje bjtnfee, 

2^p fttoe ft felfe, fuppiit'D Voir!) fcnfenolo'ii tljucft, 

SDio tain) it latorall toeVe tljereof to Djmfee; 
But all in foame : for Loue Mti Voill me to 
&nD toaite a toljile m Ijope of fuel) a pjap. ° 

^lji0 i0 tljat Spring quotlj Ije, toljere Neaar ftotoe0, 

2jQ.lt ore Uo,im 10 of pn'ee in ljeaun'0 afcoite; 

^1)10 10 tlje Spring, toljeretll floete Venus ft)otoe0, 

2Sp fecrete baite Ijoto Beautie fojeetlj Loue. 

(KLUjp tljen, quotlj % Deere Loue Ijoto ft)all 3 meita, 
flDj quenclj mp tljurlt, tuileffe tljott Hants mp frenD ? 




88 



LXXV. 

In this pafsion the Authour boroweth from certaine Latine 
verfes of his owne, made long agoe vpon the loue abufes of 
Iuppiter in a certaine peece of worke written in the com- 
mendation of women kinde ; which he hath not yet wholie 
perfected to the print. Some of the verfes may be thus ci- 
ted to the explaning of this pafsion, although but lamelie. 

Accipe vt ignaram candentis imagine Tauri 

Luferit Europam ficla &c. 

Quam nimio Semelen fuevit complcxus amove. &e. 

Qua/is & AJierien aquilinis prejfierit a/is : 

Quoque dolo lezdam ficlo fub olore fefcllit. 

Adde quod Antiopam Satyrifub imagine &c. 

Et fuit Ampliytrio, cum te Tirynthia &c. 

sEginceque duos ignis fub imagine natos &c. 

Parrhajiam ficlce pharetra Vultuque Diana, 

Mnemofyncn pajlor ; ferpcus Deoida lufit. &c. 
Ouid writeth fomewhat in like manner. Metam. lib. 6. 

N£Dt itjc, toljom loue tranfpojteti into Crete ; 
f$&\ Semele, to toljom ije tlOto'tl t'tt Ijclft- 

#>oj (fee, toljofe flanefceg Ije filb toitlj fapncti Ijeate; 

jfcoj tojjome toitlj ^Egles toitiffeg lje oft emboli; 
#>oj Danae, betyupl'ti dp pltien rape- 
jfeoj u)e, fo? toljome Ije toofee Dianaes fijape^ 

$&\ faire Antiopa, to!)oCe ftuiMull loue 

% ppnetJ Satyr like • noj ft)e, toljofe »>onne 

Co toanton Hebe toas coniotui'ti atiouc; 

j]2oj ftoeete Mnemofyne, toljoCe loue Ije tomnne 

3ln ftjcpljearDetf toeeDe- no fuctj are like tlje Saint, 
toljofe epe0 enforce mv feeble ijeart to faint 

£nt> loue ijim felfe map Ifomte, if fo lje pleafe, 

Co fjeare me tljus compare mg Loue toitlj ijig: 

if^o fojkeD fire, noj tljunticc can micafe 

%W ieart of mine, tohere ttconger tomtent i£: 
But £> ijoto tlj(0 furpaffetlj all tlje red, 
Ci)at u)c, toljiclj Ijurte0 me moft, 91 loue Ijer belt 

% 2 



N 89 



L X X V I. 

In this Sonnet the Author being, as it were, in halfe a mad- 
ding moode, falleth at variance with Loue himfelfe, & blaf- 
phemeth his godheade, as one that can make a greater 
wounde, then afterwardes he him felfe can recure. And the 
chiefe caufe that he fetteth downe, why he is no longer to 
hope for helpe at Loues hande, is this, becaufe he him felfe 
could not remedie the hurt which he fufteyned by the loue 
Vide Apul, of faire Pfyches* 

T%ou lm\\% (0oD tlje Sittttjo; of my piefe, 
3jf Pfyches foeamca coulti Cet tip ijeart on fire, 

%o\d tan J tjopc, of tljcc to fjatte reliefe, 

dfllljofe nu'nUe toi'tij mine tiotlj fttfiei 4 like fcefice ? 
^encefo2t!j nip ijeart Gjjall fatrifite elftojjere 
Co ftitlj a Sainte as ijijfjtujojte tiotl) iieare* 

J3nti fuel) a Saint i'0 ilje, toljom % aDo^e, 

^0 foiled tljp fojee, anti mafeesf fijee (tanti atooft; 

j|5one eld, but Qje, can falue tup feftreti Coare-, 

0nO fitje alone toi'U feme in my beljoofe: 

Cljen blintitD hope, pe paefce tljee Ijence ataap, 
Slnti tljou Sweet Souie, cpue eare to toljat 31 tap* 

§Lxti) vn toljat fi&all 31 % ? ffcaunjye 10 my tafe, 

3jn miD'ft of ftoaft to lutcne, anti f^e in flame: 

wLtoulti d5ots£ 31 nm ^ tan Deceits tljy face, 

£D$ el0, tljat once 3 migfjt poiIeCfe ttje fame : 

€)? els tljat tfaunte tooulti make me free apfne, 
(Lfliljoie Ijarrti Ijelpt Loue to tying me to tjjiU paine* 




00 



L X X V I I. 

The chiefe contentes of this Pafsion are taken out of Scraphine 
Sonnet, 132. 

Col tempo pajfa gli atini, i mefi, e V hore, 
Col tempo Ic richeze, imperio, c regno, 
Col tempo fama, honor, fortezza, e ingegno, 
Col tempo gionentu con belt a more &c, 
But this Authour inuerteth the order, which Scraphine vfeth, 
fome times for his rimes fake, but for the moft part, vp on 
fome other more allowable confideration. 

T^me toafcerf) peered, and montlj'd, ano Ijotor'g: 
^D'me tsottj cohfume fame, Ijonour, tout, ana ftrengtfj ; 
d'me fcilig tlje greened periled ano fxoeetclt flotsj'S: 
'clime beared out poutlj ano bcautied looked at lentcd) : 

'(Time uotii tmmv to grouno Iiotlj foe ano friend, 
0nD eat!) tying: etd but 3loue, Voljtcl} Ijattj no entu 
'flume malxetlj eu'rp tree to Die ana rott: 
WLnxz turner!) otVour plcafured into paine: 
®me caufetij toarred ano tojonpgf to be foiptt : 
%irw cleared tfje ffefc, toljicij firft ijtmg: full of rapne : 
%ix\\z makes* an eno of all Ijumane deftre, 
%\\t onelp tl)i0, totjict) fetter mp Ijeart on fire. 
'clime turnetlf into naugftt eacij princely (late : 
'clime im'ngd a fluoo from netoe refolueo fnoVoe : 
^ime calmed tlje feea Voljcrc tempclt toad of late: 
tD'me eared toljat ere tlje S^oone can fee belotoc : 
.Sno pet no time pieuailed in my begone, 
j|2o$ an? time can make me ceafe to lone. 




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LXXVI II. 

This Pafsion concerneth the lowring of his Miftres and here- 
in for the moft part the Authour imitateth Agnola firenznola , 
who vpon the like fubiecT;, writeth as followeth, 

O belle donne, prendam pietade 

Di me pur hor in talpa trafformato 

D' kuom, che pur dianza ardiua mirar fifo 

Come Aquila ilfol chiar in paradifo. 

Coji veil mondo, e cofi fpeffo accade 

A chififida in amorofo Jlato, &c. 

W^at Ccotoltttg clou&esf Ijaue ouercaft tlje flue, 
Sljat tljefe mine tim can not, ag looonte tijep. toece, 

Beljoloe tfjeic fcconti Sunne intcntittelp ? 

S>ome fttsaxgz €citpfe & Ijap'nea m j feare, 
SfllljCrcDp mp Sunne 10 eftijcu harli ofligljt, 
€>2 3] mp fefee ijaue loft tit? feeing; quite* 

9i£oft Iffeelp foe, ft nee Loue Ijfni felfe iss Mintie, 

^nts Venus too (pertjapg) Ml Ijaue it Co, 

Cliat Holier^ Wanting; figftt (ijall follotoe fefntie* 

^D tljen tafre SDamesS fortoaile in? prefent feoe, 

(Hllfjfc!) tljujs ant maoe a moale, ann blmoccoiUe runne 
flfllljere ^gie like 3 late tieljelD tlje Sunne. 

15nt out alas, fucfj gueition isf aifujntie 

Co all tljat loue ano follotoe Cupids carre: 

^e tj^es tijeir Ihnmcsai asrt Ootlj betoftelj tljeir minUc, 

#nD ihakeg toitfjtn tljem fclucjS a lading toarre, 
Keafon toitlj ntttclj a&oe liotlj teaelj me tljf& 
'tOjoujjlj pet 31 cannot menfc toljat 10 a mfljfc 




92 



L X X I X. 

The Authour in this Pafsion feemeth vppon miflike of his wea- 
rifome eftate in loue to enter into a deepe difcourfe with 
him felfe touching the particular miferies which befall him 
that loueth. And for his fenfe in this place, hee is very like 
vnto him felfe, where in a Theame didu6led out of the bow- 
elles of Antigone \\\ Sophocles (which he lately tranflated into 
Latine, and publifhed in print) he writeth in very like man- 
ner as folio weth, 

Mali quando Cupidinis 

Venas czjlus edax occupat intimas, 

A rtes ingenium labitur in malas ; 

Iaclatnr varie, ncc Ccrcris fitbit 

Nee Bacchiftudium ; peruigiies traliit 

Nocles ; C2ira animiwi follicita atterit, &c. 
And it may appeare by the tenour of this Pafsion that the Au- 
thour prepareth him felfe to fall from Loue and all his lawes 
as will well appeare by the fequell of his other Pafsions that 
followe, which are all made vpon this Pofie, My Lone is p aft. 

W%m Ijeate of lone tsotfj once polMe f&e Ijeart, 
W§zxz cares oppjeSIe tlje mmde toitlj toontijoug ill, 
Wit runntf ato^e not fearing; future fmarte, 
&n& fonts defire Dot!) oucniialler 'mill : 

^Tlje belly neftljer cares* fo? mcate no? tyfnfce, 
j]5oj ottertoatcljcti eyes tsetire to teinfee: 
Footefteps ace falfe, anti toaur'tng; too anD froe- 
W&z fyigljtfome flbw'r of beauty fafceg ato : 
Reafon retpjeg, ant) pleafure b$ig;0 in tooe: 

grill wifedome pel&Ctf) plate to black decay : 

Counfeil, anti fame, and friendfhip are contem'nti : 
$nti bafyfitll fhame, ants Gods tijent felue^ conticm'ntu 

QHlatCljfull fufpect 10 Isilketi toltlj defpaire : 

31nconftant hope f$ often tyoton'o m feares : 
Mjat folly Ijurtetf not fortune can repapje ; 

SLtti) mifery fcOtlj fromime 1ST »>*a0 Of teares : 

%m$ t>fe of life 10 but a Imping; foe, 
£nts gentle death i$ only, ents of tooe* 



93 



LXXX. 



MY LOVE IS PAST. 




11% furl) as are but of iniMCferent capacity aitts Ijaue 
foim tkill in Arithmetike, bp. bfetoino; tiji'S bonnet 
following; totnpilcD by rule anti number, into tye 
fojme of a pilfer, map foone iuDjye, Ijotoe muelj art $ 
ftutip tljc Hutljo*. IjUffy betfoteeti in tlje fame, 2Zil|)ere 
in as tljerc are placeo manp pjcarp obfccuatfonft Co tljefe tofciclj 3i 
to ill Cet ootone, map be marfceb fo* tlje pn'ntfpall, it au?? man Ijatte 
fuel) idle leafure to looke ft otter, as tlje ^utljour iia5, bljen ije frameo 
it jfirft t!jerfo*e it isf to be noteo, tljat tlje Voljole pfller (e.rcept 
i tye bads o* foote tl-ereof) is bp relation of eitijer Ijalfe to tlje otljer 

Antitheticall 0*. Antifillabicall. »>eCOlU>l*", IjDtO u)i3 pOtte (Amare 

2 eft infanire) rannctlj tWfe tfiiougf) out f columnc, if pe ffatljCf but 
tlje fall letter of eueo tofjole berfe o$c*.l** (excepting* tlje ttoo iafc) 
an& tijen in like manner take but tlje lail letter of euerp one of tp 
fafo berfes, as tljep Hants* <(Ifjiralp ijs to bee cbfcrueD, tljat euert* 

j berfe, but tlje ttaolaft, tiotf) end toitlj tlje fame letter it beptnetlj, 
ants pet tfjjoua:!) out tije \oljoie a tune rime ijs perfectly obferuefc, ah 

4 tijoujij not after oar aecufcomeo manner* fourth tljat tlje foote 
of tlje piller is Orchematicall, f i$ t$ fa?, foanttco bp tranfiU'tion o*. 

* Poip-a- oner ttujjping; of number bv rule and lowlier, as from i to 3, 5, 7, 

phi* fuse has ^ 9: tljeYecret bertue teijereof mat? be learned in * Trithemius, as 

namelp bp tables of tranfilition to tieeppljer anp tljing: tljat 10 tou'ts 

ten b? fecret tranfpofition of letters, bee it neuer to rnnninglp cons 

ueijjijeo* &nd latflp, tljis obferuation is not to be neglected, tljat 

5 toljen all tlje fo*rfait*e particulars are perfumed, tlje toljolc piller is 
inn suit 18 belles, as Ml appeare in tlje pap following it y Per 

modum expanfionis. 




94 



L X X X I. 
MY LOVE IS PAST. 

A Pafquine Pi Her erecled in the despite of Lone. 

a i <at 

2 \a% tfjottg;!) 
3 late, faceted! 
4 oloe toell a tsa : A 
m 5 a^frtlj oi mifcljance ttrifce 
a 6 ftp a netoe alac££, janti m 

7 Cypria la nemica 

r 8 miA Ketire to Cyprus jjfle, a 

e 9 f ccafetyPtoaElR, (tls nmft tljouplotteljote r 
E io KeaCon can hv djarm(B GEnfoice to flight tljP e 
s ii Mindfoloe bjatte | ttjcc. »>o frames it teirl) mee note, E 
t 12 tljat 3 confef~>, %ty life 31 leDbe m Loue neuop&e s t 
I 12 of rmfc, 3!^ toas a Igell, tel-ere none felte moie tljen"3, i 
n ii #>or anpe teitlj tpfee mffenes fo:Io2/!2 + ^ince n 
s io tljerefoie note tmj teoes aceteejefe lef»>, SLiXH s 
a 9 Ifteafon blotis mee leaue oloe teellaM, a 
n 8 |Jo longer i&allrijeteotf&elauglje mee 
i 7 to fcoiiRi 3'le cijoofe a patlj tljat n 
r 6 (ijall not lease aten'e* Kelt i 
5 tljen teitlj mee from pour 
4 bltntie Cupids caclft r 
e. 3 Caclj one of 

2 pit, tljat 
i ferae, 

3 anD teould lie 
5 t'rea£ + Ms DooMe tljiall e. HuiusCoium- 

nee Bafis, pro 
fillabarum nu- 



7 tljat lia's as Loue tljinfecf bed, teljofc 



9 ijantie ftill ^nant like to ljurte is pjetfe* 




rum propcrti- 
one eft Orche- 



matica. 



% 



95 



TOV toi Tvpa- 
vov ivaefieiv 
ov pdSiov. 
Sophoc. in 
Aia. flaecll. 



L XXX II 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

Exp an/to Columncz prcecedentis. 

A Sit laft, tljouijlj late, faretocll olSae todlatia- A 

m S^frtlj toi mifcljatmee ftrifee tip a nctoe alarm ; m 

a JSLntl Ciprya la nemica mia a 

r IRcrpje to Cyprus gie anta ccafe tljp toarr, r 

e (00 mull tliou pjotte Ijoto Reafon can dp cljacme e 

E (fenfo?ce to flight tljp Mpntsfolti fyatte and tljce* E 

s fe>o frames it tostlj me noto, tljat 3 confcff s 

t ^ije life 31 letitic in Houe fceuopti of reft t 

I 31 1 toas a %1l, toljere none felt mo^e tljen 3, I 

n 0$i my toft!) like mtTerteg forlorn* n 

s »>mce ttjerefo^e noto my tooes are toe.rcti leff, s 

a %xih Reafon Uft$ me leaue oltie toeHa&a, a 

n jJ5o longer fljall tlje too?lli lattglj me to ftopi : n 

i I'le cljoofe a patlj tljat Qjall not leatie ato& i 

r fuft tljen toitlj me from pour blintie Cupids care r 

e. (feaclj one of pott, tljat feme ants toottlts be free, e 
„ * Wi$ bourn tljiaU tljat Iw'g ajs Loue tljmfeg fretf 
„ (lililjofe Ijanti (till Cpjant lifee to ijurt & pjelt 




LXXXIII. 



MY LOVE IS PAST. 



In this Sonnet the Author hath imitated one of Ronfardes 
* Odes ; which beginneth thus. 
Les Mufes liercnt vn ioar 
De chaifnes de rofes Amour, 
Et pour le garder, le donnerent 
A us Graces & a la Beaute : 
Qui voyans fa dcjloyaute, 
Sus Parnafe V emprifonnerent. &c. 

T^e Mufes not long Cmce (wrapping; Loue 
31 n rtjaincs of coafeg linked all arape, 

(Baue Beawtie cljarge to ioatctj m tljeire fcljoue 

KUitlj Graces tfjite, left tjc fl&oulti tocnt3 atoaue: 
(LtLIljo fearing; pet fje tooulo efeape at laif, 
3Drt Ijiglj Parnaffus toppe tijep clapt I) im fau\ 

(M)tn Venus fcn&ccflroo&c Ijec s>ohne toag tljiall, 

~>lje matse poftljafte to Ijaue d5oti Vulcans at>De, 

~>oloe ijtm Ijec Gemmes, anti Cefton ttjcrctbit^all, 

'cEo ranfome ijome ijec »>onne tljat toad uetraftJe- 
But ail in toafne* tfje Mufes maoe no ftoare 
ADC goto, hut founts Ijfm faHer tljen iiefoie. 

Cljecefoie all pott, tofjom Loue DID ere abttfe, 

Come clappe pottc Ijantieg toitlj me, to fee Ijim tljiafl, 

OTjofe fomtec Deeoe0 no reafon can ezcufe, 

jfoj lulling; ttjofe, toljlclj fjurt Ijim not at all : 
2$p fdfc tip Ijim toag lately leti afcwe, 
djotttjlj nolo at laff J fo^ce nip loue to D^e» 



* An linrede 
fes mejlanges. 



vt Martis 

reuocetur 

amor, fumique 

Tonantis, 

A te luno petit 

Cefton, et ipfa 

Venus. 

Martialis. 




O 97 



LXXXIIII. 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

The Authour in this Sonnet expreffeth his mallice towardes 
Venus and her Sonne Cupid, by currying fauour with Diana, 
and by fuing to haue the felfe fame office in her walkes and 
forreft, which fometimes her chaft and beft beloued Hippo- 
litus enioyed. Which Hippolitus (as Seruius witneffeth) dyed 
by the falfe deceipt of his Stepmother Phccdra, for not yeel- 
ding ouer himfelfe vnto her inceftuous loue : whereuppon 
Seneca writeth thus, 

Iuuenifque cafais crimine incejice iacet, 

Pudicus, infons. 

Diana, fmte Hippolytus tg DtatSC, 
Het nte mioy tljp fauour, ants lj& place: 
% tnfijljt tljiottfflj torn ffjall ftano tljee in fonie urate, 
Co Ujutc fcltnbe Loue anU Venus front tljp djafe: 

jfo^ toljece tljep lately tojouffljt me mtcfele tooe, 

3 footo me notoe to tie tljeire mo^tall fee, 
0nti Doe tljou not miftiaift my cljauetie, 
Mlljen 31 ftail raunp amitilf rljp fofrgm* tcame: 
S^p rapne0 are tfjaftnefc Co tljiomjlj miferie, 
CI) at Loue toitlj me ran ncre pjcuaile apfne; 
,, Cljc cljilUe, toljofe finpc once Ijatlj felt tlje fire, 
, 2 Co jlaye tljccctoitlj toill Ijaue but finale DeQre* 
25efi'detf, 3 ijoto to kace a toatcljfitl epe, 
SDifcou'ring: fuclj, a# paffe along; tljp ijroue- 
3jf luppiter ijhn felfe come loptrtnij by, 
Jlc call tljp crcto, ants bin tljem Up from loue ; 

jFoj if t\)ty (tap, Ije feull obtame at lad, 

(LcLtljat noto 3[ loatlje, becaufe my loue i£ pad. 




9 8 



LXX X V. 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

The cheifeft fubftance of this Sonnet is borrowed out of cer- 
teine Latin verfes of Strozza a noble man of Italy, and one of 
the beft Poets in all his age : who in defcribing Metapho- 
rically to his friend Antonius the true forme of his amorous 
eftate, writeth thus : 

Vnda hicfunt Lachrimce, Venti fufpiria, Remi 

Vota, Error velum, Mens male/ana Ratis ; 
Spes Temo, Cures Comites, Conjiantia A moris 
Eft malus, Dolor eft Anchor a, Nmiita Amor, &c. 

T%e Coultnar toorne tottlj Voarrc^ ocltgljtcd m peace ; 
W§i puaxunc m fjtg eafe, *&l)cii tople* are pad-, 
%%t iln'p to gaime tlie po:te, ftrtjcii'ftoHncs? Doe ccafc^ 
&no 31 rciopce, front limit Diidjarij'D at latf • 

&$mu tofjile 31 feni'D, peace, relr, ant) land lj loff, 
&Hltlj gneufome tear^toitlj topics, tDltlj (loim'0 betou\ 
feVocctc liberty notoc glues me leaue to fing, 
(ULlljat tooiloe it &a0, toljere Loue tlje rule MS bcare- 
^otoe fooliu) Chaunce bp lotted rul'D euerp tljing- 

^Olne Error rjjag maine faile ; earfj waue a Teare ; 

tWfyt mafter, HottC Ijlltt ftlfC; Oeepe fighes toere winde ; 

Cares 'COtotJ tottt) vowes t|)e Ujtp vnmery minde. 
Falfe hope a3 healme oft ttlCtl'tl tljC boat about • • 

Inconftant faith ItOOD fcp foj middle mafte 
Defpaire tlje cable ttoiltcti all trjttlj Doubt 
%l& Griping Griefe tlje pPfeCtJ Anchor fait; 

Beautie toag all tlje rockes. But 3i at laft, 

£m noto ttotfc free, ants all mv loue & pad. 




99 



LXXXVI. 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

The fenfe of this Sonnet is for the moft part taken out of a let- 
ter, which Apneas Syluius wrote vnto his friend, to perfuade 
him, that albeit he lately had publifhed the wanton loue of 
Liicretia and Euryalus, yet hee liked nothing leffe then fuch 
fond Loue ; and that he nowe repented him of his owne la- 
bour ouer idlely beftowed in defcribing the fame. 

(Lclleete liberty reftojeg v&i tooonteti to#, 
8n& bih& me tell, Ijoto painters? Cet to fcietoe 
Cije fomte of Loue. ^ep painte Ijstn but a Boy, 
^0 tooling mod" in mintiess of poutijfull creUie: 
Clje? fet Iji'tii naked all, ajs Voantinty u)ame 
Co tieepe fjig feccet parted ®i t'ljftie tlje fame* 
dje^ paint Ijsin blin&e in tljat Ije cannot Cpg 
(HRijat Uiffrence igf ttofrt tiertue ano" Default 

(Llllftlj Boe in hand, ag Olie tljat tiDtlj Jjefie, 

0nti cumber Ijeeoeleife liearte^ toitlj fierce aHault: 

%'£f Otljer jjano tlOtt) f)0ltl a brand of fire, 

31 n Cipe of Ijeate tje mafeejs tlj^ouglj Ijot Mm. 

^Ijep ffsue Ijfm winges to fife from place to place, 

Co note tljat all are toau'rmg; lifcc tlje tm'ntse, 

MHjofe liberty fonts Loue tsotlj once deface. 

Cijs'0 fowte to Loue olts {mpnteca Ijaue aCTtpti : 
cLdlljofc font! eixect^ if anp lift to pjoue, 
(Ifliljcce 3 make enti, let tljem begin to Loue + 




LXXXVIL 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

The Authour in the firfte ftaffe of this Sonnet, expreffeth how 
Loue firft went beyond him, by perfuading him that all was 
golde which glittered. In the fecond, hee telleth, how time 
broughte him to trueth, and Trueth to Reafon : by whofe 
good counfell he found the way from worfe to better, & did 
ouergoe the malice of blinde Fortune. In the third ftaffe, he 
craueth pardon at euery man for the offences of his youth ; 
and to Loue, the onely caufe of his long errour, hee geueth 
his •vltimum vale. 

YCutJ) matrc a fault tIj?oualj linrfjtney of Beicefe, 
(Lcittjtrfj fonti Btlccfe Loue placco in mp tned : 
But noto 3| untie, tfjat Eeafon gtueg relief e- 
jSLixti time fgctoesi tEruetlj, and asitt, tljats bought, it tied- 
S3ufe not tljcmo^e aluioual) 31 cijaunp mv fcame, 
% runneg too farce toyicl) neuer turned agame. 
lacncefoitlj mv mino fi)all Ijaue a toatcljfull e?e, 
lie fcoine Fond Loue, and piactt'fe of tlje fame: 
^fjc totfeoome of mv fjart ft)all foonc defecie 
Caclj tljmg tfjats pod, from toljat deferuetlj blame: 
9^5 fonij u)alli£- Fortune ijatf) fpitte l>ec fpfrcljt, 
&nd £*«* can Ijttrt no mo:e toitijaU fjfg migljn 
'Ojcrcfoie all pou, to to tome mv courfe if fenotone, 
^Ijmke better comes, ants pardon toljat is pall: 
31 find rljat all mv toiloctf 3Date0 are fotone, 
flno Jpv to fee, toljat nolo 31 fee at lau- 

Slut) Imce tijat Loue teas caufe 31 tco&e a to:t>, 
31 fjeere take off Ijts Bels, and let Ijim afe* 




L X X X V 1 1 1. 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

This whole Sonnet is nothing els but a briefe and pithy mo- 
rall, and made after the felfe fame vaine with that, which is 
laft before it. The two firft ftafifes, (excepting onely the two 
firft. verfes of all) expreffe the Authours alteration of minde 
& life, and his change from his late vaine eftate and follies 
in loue, by a metaphore of the fhipma, which by fhipwrakes 
chaunce is happely reftoared on a fodeine vnto that land, 
which he a long time had moft wifhed for. 

IHomj maitttapeti toarre pt'nft Reafons rule, 
31 toantijeti pifpime like in Errors ma$e, 
31 Tat tit Follies fijip, aim plaptie tlje foole, 

<tHll Oil Repentance VOtlit 1)!C fiOC0 DID CCd|C : 

%eretoitij 3! learne by tjurteg alreaSie paft, 
„ Cfjat earij e.utreme toill cljange it felfe at laft* 
Clji0 fl;fpt^acfceg cljante Ijatlj fet ine oit a fl;clfc, 
(L&Ujere ncitfjcc Loue can ljurte me anp mo^e, 
il^oj Fortunes ijanta, tljouglj fi;c enforce Ijec felfe ; 
Difcrction paunttf to fet me fafc on fyoare, 

(LcHfjere guile fg fettretJ faft ants wifedome rulegf, 

^To ptmiU) heedeles IjeartS aittJ wilfull fooles. 

£nt» finee ttje Ijeau'ms Ijaue better lot ailiffit'o, 

3 feare to lutcne, ass patting felte tlje fire- 

&nti p?oofe of Ijarmea Co cljanpti Ijatlj nip mfnfc, 

Cljat tottt anti tosll to Reafon noe retpje : 

i!2ot Venus notoe, no? Loue volti) all Ijtg fnacetf 
Can tsjatoe mp toittss to tooeg at &natoar*& 




L XX XIX. 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

The two firft ftaffes of this Sonnet are altogether fententiall, 
and euerie one verfe of them is grownded vpon a diuerfe 
reafon and authoritie from the reft. I haue thought good 
for breuitie fake, onelie to fet downe here the authorities, 
with figures, whereby to applie euerie one of them to his 
due lyne in order as they ftand. I. Hieronimus : In delicijs 
difficile ejlferuare caftitatem. 2 Aufonius : difpulit inconfultus amor 
&*c. 3- Seneca: Amor eft ociofce cauj a follicitudinis. 4. Proper- 
tius: Errat, qui finem vefani queer it amoris. 5. Horatius: Semper 
ardentes acnes fagittas. 6. Xenophon fcribit amorem effe igne, 6° 
flamma flagrantiorem, quod ignis vrat taiigentes, et proxima tantii 
cremet, amor ex longinquo fpeclante torreat. 7. Calenti : Plurima 
Zelotipo funt in amore ?nala. 8. Ouidius : Inferet arma tibi fceua re- 
bellis amor. 9. Pontanus: Si vacuum finer -et perfidiofus amor. 10. 
Marullus: Quid t 'ant 'um lachrimis meis proterue Infultas ptier 1 II. 
Tibullus : At lafciuus amor rixce ?nala verba miniftrat. 12. Virgi- 
lius: Bellum fcBpe petit ferus exitiale Ctipido. 



LOue hath ocmjht in frocete delicious fare; 
Loue ncuec takes gooti Counfell fo: Ijts frentie ; 
Loue atttljoi tg, anti cattfe of pole care- 
Loue 10 Diftrattffljt of toftte, ant> Ijati) no eno ; 
Loue fhotet'u Rafted of burning Ijotc ocftre- 
Loue tuirncflj 111020 tfjen cprljec flame 02 fire: 
Loue tiotlj mttcij Ijarme tljiougf ieaiofies afXattlt; 
Loue once emlnalt Ml Ijarolp part again*; 
Loue tljtnkes in b:eaclj of faftlj there i$ no fault; 
Loue makes a fpoite of others DcaDlp paine; 
Loue 13 a toanton Childe, ana foues to b:all; 
,, Loue toittj f)i0 to acre Imngcs manp Couleg to tljjall 
Cljefe are the fmalleft faulted that lurfee in Loue, 
^Ijcfe are tlje hurtes toljiclj J tjatte caufe to curfe, 
Cljefe are tljofe tructljes toljiclj no man can tnfpioue, 
^Ijefe are fuclj Ijarmcs as none can fufter toojfe. 
J3H this J tome, that others map hetoare, 
though noto mp felfe ttoife free from all fuclj care* 

9£ 



t. Hieroni. 

2. Aufon. 

3. Seneca. 

4. Propert. 

5. Ho rat. 

6. Xe?ioph. 

7. Calent 

8. Ouid. 

9. Pont. 

10. Marull. 

11. Tibull. 

12. Virgil, de 
Vino et 
Venere. 



103 



xc. 

My LOVE IS PAST. 

In this Latine pafsion, the Authour tranflateth, as it were, pa- 
raphraftically the Sonnet of Petrarch, which beginneth thus. 
Sonnet. 313. Tciincmi Amor anni vent' vuo ardendo, 

Lieto nelfoco, e nel duol picn di /peine. &c. 
But to make it feme his own turne, he varieth from Petrarchcs 
wordes, where he declareth, howe manie yeares he liued in 
loue, as well before, as fince the death of his beloued Lawra. 
Vnder which name alfo the Authour, in this Sonnet, fpeci- 
fieth her, whom he lately loued. 



M 



E Jibi ter binos ctwios vnumque fubegit 

Diuus Amor ; Let uf que fid, licet ignibus arji ; 
Spcmquc habui certain, curis licet iclus accrbis. 

Iamque duos alios exutus a more peregi, 

Ac Ji fydereos mea Laura volar it in orbes, 
Duxcrit et feeum voter is penetralia cordis. 

Pertcefum tandem vita; me pamitct aclce, 

Et pudet error is pene abfumpfiffe fub vmbra 
Scmina virtutum. Sed qua? pars vltima rcjlat, 
Supplice mente tibi tandem, Dens altc, repouo, 
Et male tranfactce dcploro tempora vitee, 
Cuius agendus erat meliori tramite curfus, 
Litis in arcendce Jiudijs, et pace colendce. 

Ergo f limine Dcus, per quern fum claufus in ijlo 

Career c, ab cuter 110 f allium fac cjfe pcriclo. 




[04 



XCI. 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

In the latter part of this Sonnet the Authour imitateth thofe 

verfes of Horace. Me tabula facer Ad Pyrrham 

Votina paries indicat vuida ode. 5. 

Sufpendiffe potenti 

Vejlimenta maris Deo. 
Whom alfo that renowned Florentine M. Agnolo Firenznola 
did imitate long agoe, both in like manner and matter, 
as followeth. 

O miferi color 0, 

Che 11011 prouar di donna fede mai: 

II pericol, cJiio corji 

Nel tempeftofo mar, nella proaila 

Del lor crudel A more, 

Mojlrar lo pub la tauoletta pojla, 

E le vejli ancor molli 

Sofpefe al tempio del horrendo Dio 

Di quefto mar crudele. 

Y(t CaptUie fOttlCd Of bXintlCfoltl Cyprians iiodte, 
g£arke toitlj a&ttiTe in. toljat eftate pec ftantie, 
gout Boteman newer toljiftlcss mean's noate, 
&nD Folly keeping; tferne, (tilt ptttrcd from lanfce, 
&tti> maked a fpojt to toUc pott to ana froe 

W®lXt hghing windes, attti tltCffinff waues of woe. 

£Dn Beawties roefce u)e rtmneg pott at Ijec Ml, 
£na Ijolded pott in fttfpenfe tiofrt hope ana feare, 
OTjeue dping; oft, pet are pott lining: {till, 
J5ut fttclj a life, ad aeatlj muclj better Voere ; 
Be ttjerefoie circttmfpetf, ana folloto me, 

fflX\)CVl Chaunce, C£ chaunge of maners fetd pott fcee + 

Bctoare Ijolo pott retttrne to fead aiyaine : 
l^ang; lip pour tiotitte tabled in tlje qttpje 
<3D£ Cupids Cfjttcrfj, in toitncCTe of tlje paine 

gOtt fttffCC nolo bp forced fond defire : 

Cijen, Ijangfpottr tijiougljtoett garmented on tlje toall, 

2lnt) ftnff toftf) me, that Loue is mixt with gall. 

SB 2 



105 



XCII. 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

Here the Author by comparing the tyrannous delightes and 
deedes of blinde Cupid with the honeft delightes & deedes 
of other his fellow Goddeffes and Gods, doth bleffe the 
time and howre that euer he forfooke to follow him ; whom 
he confeffeth to haue bene greate & forcible in his doings, 
though but litle of ftature, and in apparence weakelie. Of all 
the names here mentioned, Hebe is feldomefi: redde, wher- 
fore know they which know it not alreadie, that Hebe (as 
Seruius writeth) is Iunoes daughter, hauing no father, & now 
wife to Hercules, and Goddeffe of youth, and youthlie fpor- 
ting : and was cupbearer to lone, till fhe fell in the prefence 
of all the Goddes, fo vnhappelie, that they fawe her priui- 
ties, whereupon lone being angry, fubftituted Ganimedes into 
her office and place. 

PHebus Ddigljted fD to'cto $f0 Lawrel Tree ; 
djC Popplar plcafetlj Hercules alone- 
Meliffa ttlOtljCl* 10, atlO frtUtrijC tO tlje Bee ; 

Pallas totll to care tijc Oliue fyancljc o? none- 

0X fycpljcaroea anti tijefre flock Pales # ^ncnc- 
$nti Ceres eppeg tlje cojiie, toa<3 lately peenC- 

Co Chioris eu'rp flotocr belonged of cigljt- 

Clje Dryade Nimphs of to00t«C3 make Cljl'efc aCCDlUllpt- 
Oreades 111 Ijfllg IjattC tljCllt Mffjljt- 
Diana ootlj protect Catlj lutlililllige Fount ; 
Co Hebe lotlClP kMtt$ l# aftffll'D ; 

CO Zephire cu'cp -gentle bjeatljmg toi ntie* 

But toljat ig Loues oeu'gljt ? to ljurt eaelj toijere; 
, , ^e carc0 not toljome, toitlj oartesf of tiecpe oeQire, 
,, ftfllitlj toatcljfull teatoCie, toitlj Ijope, toitlj feace, 
„ Wt\) nipping colli, ano fecrete flamed office* 

£D ijapppe Ijotoje toljercin 1\ 010 fojgoe 
dji£ line <Bo§, fo peate a cattfe of tooc* 




106 



XCIII. 



MY LOVE IS PAST. 



In the firft and fixt line of this Pafsion the Authour alludeth 
to two fentencious verfes in Sophocles ; whereof the firft is, 
o) /Mwpe, 0v/jLo? & ev /canoes ov %vfu,(f)Opoi>, 
O foole, in euills fretting nought auailes. 
The fecond, 

to yap 
<j>av0ev rfc av hvvaiT ayevvrjrov irotelv. 
For who can make vndon what once is done ? 
In the other two ftaffes following, the Authour purfueth 
on his matter, beginning and ending euery line with the 
felfe fame Tillable he vfed in the firft : wherein hee imitatcth 
fome Italian Poets, who more to trie their witts, hen for any- 
other conceite, haue written after the like manner. 



* In Oedipo 
Colonreo. 

* In Trachini- 



]\,f Y lone i<$ nail, tooc teoo^lj tlje tuip anti how'r 

iVl When to fuel) follP firft 1 tsita encline, 
Whereof tlje foei*£ tiJOUgijt i& bitter fow'r, 
And (till tDOltlD IjttrtC, WCZ llOt my fOttle diuine, 
Or Dl'O not Rcafon teat!), tljat tare 10 vaine 

For ill once $a% toljicij cannot tumt againe. 

My Lone |0 paft, lilClTetl tlje tldP ant! how'r. 
When front Co tOIlt! eftate 31 OlD decline, 
Wherein taatf little ttOCCt tOltlj tttlCfcle fow'r, 

And loite of mintie, toljoCe fubftance \$ diuine, 
Or at tije left, erpence of time fn vaine, 

For Voljtclj e.rpente no Lone cetttrnetl) gaine. 
My Lone \g paft, toljemn VoaSi no good how'r : 
When OttjCrS i'op'O, to Ctirctf 31 tilts encline, 
Whereon 3f feDOf, altljOUJTlj tlje taUt WCZ fow'r. 
And (till lieleu'ti £<?&<? tDtlS Come pOto'j diuine, 

Or fome tnftmtt, Voljfclj could not toojfee m vaine, 

Forgetting, Time well /pent was double gaine. 




107 



XCIIII. 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

In this Pafsion the Authour hath but augmented the inuenti- 
on of Seraplune, where he writeth in this manner. 
Biajiemo quando mai le labbra aperfi 

Per dav nome a cojlei, che accib me induce. 
Biajiemo il tempo, & quanti giomi ho perfi 

A Jeguitar Ji tenebrofa luce : 
Biajiemo charta, ijichiojlro, e verji, 

Et qnauto Amor per me Jama gliaduce : 
Biajiemo quando mai la vidi anckora, 

El mefe, Vanno, & giorno, el punto, & Ihora. 

T Curie tlje time, tofjeretn tljefe Itpjs of mine 
I SDfr mmt &i ppTe tlje Dame tljat toas tminntie: 
31 curfe bottj leafe, ants poke, ants etierp line 
Sft? IjanD Ijatlj tt^i't, in fjope to moue Ijec min&e: 
31 tuvtz Ijer Ijollotoe Ijeatt ants flattdng epe0, 
TOjoCe life tiecepte tuts tattte mp mourning; ccpesaf: 
31 cuife tlje Cttpeti fpeaclj anti Syrens Cong;, 
(L&Ujereteitlj Co oft o)e Ijartj betoitcjjt mine eace: 
3 tucCe nip fortify toil!, tf at flap'ts Co long;, 
J3n& took tielisjfjt to In'tse rtofrte Ijoape anti feaue : 
31 ctnfe tlje fjoto?e, tertjeran 31 flfrff began 
Bp lotting: looked to p?one a tbitletfe man: 
31 eurCe tljofe &aj?£0 toijiclj 31 Ijatte Cpent in tsaine, 
Bp femimj fuel) an one m reake^ no risjljt: 
31 curCe eaclj catife of all nip feccet paine, 
Cljottfflj Loue to Ijeare tlje Came Ijatte fmall tieligljt: 
SLnh Once tije fjeatt'ng mp ftee&ome notoe reftoje, 
licence foojtf jle line at eaCe, anD lone no tnoje* 




:oS 



xcv. 



MY LOVE IS PAST. 



A Labyrinth is a place made full of turnings & creekes, where- 
hence, he that is once gotten in, can hardly get out againe. 
Of this forte * Pliny mentioneth foure in the world, which 
were mo ft noble. One in Crete made by Dcsdalus, at the com- 
maundement of king Minos, to fhut vp the Minotmlre in : 
to which monfter the Atheniens by league were bound, eue- 
ry yeere to fend feuen of their children, to bee deuoured ; 
which was perfourmed, till at the laft, by the helpe of Ari- 
adne, Tliefeus flewe the monfter. An other he mentioneth to 
haue beene in jEgipt, which alfo Pomponius Mela defcribeth 
in his firft booke. The third in Lcmnos, wherein were erected 
a hudreth & fifty pillers of fmguler workmafhip. The fourth 
in Italy, builded by Porfenna king of Hetruria, to ferve for his 
fepulchre. But in this Pafsion the Authour alludeth vnto 
that of Crete only. 



Lib. 36. ca. 13. 



T^oufftj Cometotjat late, at lati 3J fount) ttje to 
Co leaue tlje Uoubttutt Habnlntlj of Loue, 
clflirjerem (alad) caclj minute fcema a Da? : 

%'ttl fdfe toag Minotaure ; tXUJOft fOICe tD pIOUC 

3i toa<3 enfoift, till Reafon taufftjt nxv ntino 
Co flat) ttjc ucalt, ano leaue tjim tljerc beljmti, 
But being reaped trjtts from out tjig ma?e, 
&nti pan tije Dang'roud SDenne fo IM of Doubt, 
Falfe Thefeus lifee, titi? creoife i^flll 3j erase, 
ifoifalxtun; fjee, tofjoCe Ijanti Mo Ijelpe me out ? 

(IflllttJ Ariadne Reafon fijall ItOt Cap, 

3j fau'd his life, and yet he runnes away. 

#>o, no, before I leaue tlje goto en rule, 
&i latoed of tjer, tljat ftoooe fo muclj mv frfenU, 
®i once againe VuiU plag tlje fating foofe, 
Clje Cfep Qjall fall, arm all u)all Ijaue an eno : 
31! toiQj as muclj to vm tljat lottery be, 
(Laltjofe pames toftl pafle, if pott betoare bv me. 




109 



XC VI. 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

In this Pafsion, the Authour in fkomng bitterly at Venus, and 
her fonne Cupid, alludeth vnto certaine verfes in Ouid,hxsX in- 
uerteth them to an other fenfe, then Ouid vfed, who wrote 
them vpon the death of Tibuttas. Thefe are the verfes, which 
he imitateth, 

Ecce puer Veneris fert enerfamqne phraretram, 

Etf ratios amis, & fine luce faceiu. 
A/pice danifsis vt eat miferabilis a/is, 

Pccloraqu. infejia tondat aperta maim. &c. 
Nee minus eft confnfa Venus. &e, 

Quam iuuenis rupit cum ferns inguen aper, 

W%it apled p3D?e Venus riotoe to fit alone 
31 n umeuaii atr^e, jjer tooonteD Ijeto 
£Dufte cljasig'o, Ijec fmfle to reared W tn^flj to moan : 
&$ tjjouglj Adonis toottulicsf noter ble& aiieto, 

£Dj (fce ^s'flj young lulus late rctttcn'd 
if com feting: ijer ^Eneas carfra# ImmU 
£lacfc toi Voce, toy at aple.3 Ijcc little 2Sop, 
^o fjatse Iji'ss ten&cc tljeefec-s befpjent toitl) teare-s, 
£nti fit ana Gglje, toljcre Ije toad toonte to to? ? 
!-?0to Ijappc^, no longec ije jj# qumec tocaireg, 
But tnukzg W) Boc, tfootoing; tlje finned dp, 
&nt> plttte Ijfss tomgetf, an& letted lji0 fpjcbjanti Dpc ? 
iJ3o, Dame anti Darling too, pee tome to late, 
^o 'winm me noto, ag you fjatie oone tofoje; 
3i lute fecure, ano quiet in citate, 
ifullp refoltt'O from lotting: anp mo?e: 

d5oc park fo$ fl;ame fromljence to Cyprus lie, 
#no tljta pe play pout* pjanfeeg an otljec toljilc. 




X CV II. 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

The Authour in this pafsion alludeth to the fable of Phineus, 
which is fette downe at large in the Argonauticks of Apollo- 
nuts, and Valerias Flaccus. He compareth him felfe vnto Phi- 
neus ; his Miftres vnto the Harpyes ; and his thoughtes vnto 
ZetJies, and his defires vnto Calais, the two twinnes of Boreas ; 
and the voyce of Nc plus vltra fpoaken from Heauen to 
Calais and Zcthes, vnto the Diuine grace, which willed him to 
follow no further the miferies of a Louers eftate, but to pro- 
feffe vnfainedlie, that his Loue is paft. And, laft of all, the 
Author concludeth againft the fower fawce of Loue with the 
French prouerbe : Pour vn plaifir mille douleurs. 

T~%t Harpye Initio, tljat tllti fit UttEj tsefpujljt 
cbztiut ants annop olD Phineus Co foje, 
flxllerc cljaC'D atoap tip Calais m flfgljt 
£n& by W motljtc Zeth fin attnnoie- 

Mi)o foiloto'o tljem, bnri'll tijep Ijarts on ijpe 

<3 130PCC, tijat Caitl, Ye Twinnes No further fly. 

Phineus 3 am, tljat Co tonnenteo toagf^ 

£t?P Laura Ijece 3 tttap ait Harpye name; 

S^p tljougljtes anb lulled bee bonnes to Boreas, 

(Lfiifciclj ncttcr cca'ft m following; my Dame, 
Cill Ijeau'nlp Grace Cats tinto me at laft, 
JLtsa.it fonts Delightes, ants fap tijp loue fg pail 

S?p loue 10 paft 3 rap, ariti ftnn: full tjlats ; 

g$p time, alass, mifpent in ILout 1 retoe, 

flSltjeccin fetes topg, 01 none at all J\ Ijati, 

But (bare of tooeg: 3 founts tijc piouerbe true, 
jfoi eu'ep. pleafuce tljat in Loue 10 founts, 
Si ttjoufano. tooed ants moje tljemn abotmtu 




VIII. 



MY LOVE IS PAST. 



The Author in this pafsion, telling what Loue is, eafeth his 
heart, as it were, by rayling out right, where he can worke 
no other manner of reuenge. The inuention hereof, for the 
moft part of the particulars conteyned, is taken out of cer- 
teine Latine verfes, which this Authour compofed vpon 
Quid Amor. Which becaufe they may well importe a pafsi- 
on of the writer, and aptly befitte the prefent title of his o- 
uerpaffed Loue, he fetteth them downe in this next page fol- 
lowing, but not as accomptable for one of the hundreth 
pafsions of this booke. 



*VidePlin. na- 
ture I Fill lib. 
28. cap. 8. 



H 



Sivkz toanton pouttjcsf, toljonie Beawtie mafeetlj blfa&e, 
&no icarne of me, toljat kinU a tljfmj tg Loue ; 



Loue 10 a Braineficke Boy, ailtl fierce hv liintse- 

Si Wilifuii Thought, toijfclj Keaton can. not moue; 

9i Flattring Sycophant ; a Murd'ring Thiefe ; 
Si Poyfned choaking Bayte ; a Tyfmg Griefe ; 

Si Tyrant fa Ijfef Hatoeg; fa fpeaclj tmmie- 

Si Blindfold Guide ; a Feather fa flje tofaDe; 

Si tiffljt * Chameleon fo? Cljanp Of IjCtoe- 

Si Lamelimme Luft ; a Tempeft of tije tlimDe- 

Si Breach of Chaftitie ; all tieitUCjS Foe ; 

Si Priuate warre ; a Toilfome webbe of tOOt; 
Si Fearefull Iealofie ; a Vaine Defire ; 
Si Labyrinth ; a Pleafing Miferie ; 
Si Shipwracke of ttiailiS life ; a Smoakleffe fire ; 
Si Sea Of teai*ej3; a lafting Lunacie ; 

Si Heauie feruitude ; a Dropfie Thurft ; 

Si Heiiifh Gaile, toljofe capttueg are accucft* 




MY LOVE IS PAST. 



Quid Amor f 



QVid fit amor, qualifque, cupis me fcire magiflro^ 
Eft Veneris proles; caelo nietuendus, et Oreo; 
Et leuior ventis; et fulminis ocyor alis; 
Pemigil excubitor; fallax comes; inuidus hofpes; 
Armatus puer; infanus iuuenis; nouitatis 
Quefitor; belli fautor; virtuti inimicus; 
Splendidus ore; nocens promiffo; lege tyrannus; 
Dux caecus; gurges viciorum; noctis alumnus; 
Fur clandeflinus; mors viuida; mortua vita; 
Dulcis inexpertis; expertis durus; Eremus 
Stultitiae; facula ignefcens; vefana libido; 
Zelotypum frigus; mala mens; corrupta voluntas; 
Pluma leuis; morbus iecoris; dementia prudens; 
Infamis leno; Bacchi, Cererifque minifter; 
Prodiga libertas animae; pruritus inanis; 
Prauorum career; corrupti fanguinis ardor; 
Irrationalis motus; fycophanta bilinguis; 
Struma pudicitiae; fumi expers flamma; patronus 
Periurae linguae; proftrato faeuus; amicus 
Immeritis; animi tempeftas; luxuriofus 
Praeceptor; fine fine malum; fine pace duellum; 
Naufragium humanae vitas; laethale venenum; 
Flebile cordolium; graue calcar; acuta fagitta; 
Sontica pernicies; nodofae caufa podagras; 
Natus ad infidias vulpes; pontus lachrymarurn ; 
Virgineaa Zonae ruptura; dolofa voluptas; 
Multicolor ferpens; vrens affectus; inennis 
Bellator; fenijque caput, feniumque iuuentae; 
Ante diem funus; portantis vipera; maeftus 
Pollinctor; fyren fallax; mors praeuia morti; 
Infeclor nemorum; erroris Labyrinthus; amara 
Dulcedo; inuentor fain; via perditionis; 
Formarum egregius fpectator; paena perennis; 
Sufpirans ventus; lingultu plena querela; 
Trifle magifterium; multaa iactura diei; 
Martyrium innocui; temerarius aduena; pondus 
Sifyphium; radix curarum; defidis efca; 
Febris anbela; fitis morofa; hidropicus ardor; 
Vis \tio dicam verbo ? incarnata Gehenna eft. 




113 



XCIX. 



MY LOVE I 



PAST. 



- Lib. 9. Hi 
mimal. 



Nat. Hift. 
;o. cap. 1. 



This pafsion is an imitation of the firft Sonnet in Seraphine, & 
grownded vpon that, which Ariftotle writeth * of the sEgle, 
for the proofe flie maketh of her birdes, by fetting them to 
behold the Sonne. After whom Pliny hath written, as fo- 
loweth : 

Aquila implumes etiamnum pullos fuos percutieus, Subinde cogit aduer- 
fos intueri Soils radios : et fi conniuentem humeElantemq. animaduer- 
fil, prcecipitat e nido, velut adulter 1 'num atq. degenerem : ilium, cuius 
acies fir ma contra Jleterit, edit cat. 



T^e fjauijljtie ^Egie Bh-de, of Biitic^ tlje belt, 
Before tlje featljerd of Ijer potmglinps &otoe, 
^>ljc lifted tljem one bp one from out tljeire ncft, 
Co beloe tlje Sunne, tjjeuebp Ijer otone to tmotoe; 
Cljofe tljat bcljolts it not toitlj open epc, 
S?lje letter tljem fall, not able pet to flpe + 
^uclj toajs mj cafe, toljcn Loue polled tmj mind 3 
(feaclj tljougljt of mine, toijiclj coulti not bitsc tlje Itgljt 
SDf ijer nip Sunne, toijofc beamed Ijati niaoe me blm&e, 
31 made mp Will fupp^csic it toitlj Defpight : 
But furlj a tljouo/yt, a# coulti abide Ijec bell, 
31 IjarbjeD (till toitljin nip carefttll b?cft\ 
But tljofe fond dapeg are pad, and Ijalfc fojptte^ 
3 pjattifc noto tlje quite cleane contrary : 
itfLHjat tljougljteg can like of Ijer, 3 iifee tljem not, 
But cljoake tljem ttreiffljt, fo? feare of ieopardp • 
JFoj tljoufflj tljat Loue to fonie no feeme a Toy, 

3 fenofcC bp pjOOfe, tljat Loue is long annoy. 




114 



c. 

MY LOVE IS PAST. 

The Authour faineth here, that Lone, effaying with his brand, 
to fire the heart of fome fuch Lady, on whome it would not 
Avorke, immediately, to trie whether the old vertue of it were 
extinguifhed or no, applied it vnto his owne breft, and ther- 
by foolifhlie confumed him felfe. His inuention hath fome 
relation vnto the Epitaph of Louc, written by M. Girolimo 
Parabofco ; 

In caicre giace qui fepolto A more, 
Colpa di quel la, che morir mi face, &c. 

R^foltt'd to dud mtomb'd Ijeere Ifetlj Loue, 
djiottglj faulte of Ijec, toljo ijecre ijet* felfe OjottltJ Ipe- 
%z (tcoofce ijecbjeft, but all in tiame did pioue 
Co fije ttie pfe : and doubting; bv and by ^ 

1^t0 bjand Ijad loft Ijfs tojce, &e gan to tcpe 
(Upon Ijim felfe- toljfclj trpall made Ijim dpe. 
jn footlj no fojce; let tljofe lament tljat lull, 
3|le ling a carcoll Cong fo? obfequp ; 
3fo2, totoardes me Ijig dealings tee tiniuft, 
and caufe of all mp paired tm'fcrp : 

Clje Fates, J tljinfce, feeing toljat 31 Ijad pad, 
3(n mp beljalfe topugijt tljfg reuenge at laft. 
But fometohat moje to pacpft'e mp minde, 
JSv illing Ijim, tljjouglj toljome 31 liu'd a ilaue, 
31fe call Ijis au)es to tlje open toinde, 
&l tou'te tljig Epitaph fcppon ijid gcauc ; 

Here lyeth Louc, of Mars the baftard Sonne, 
VVhofe foolifli fault to death him felfe hath donuc. 




MY LOVE IS PAST. 

This is an Epilogue to the whole worke, and more like a prai- 
er then a Pafsion : and is faithfully tranflated out of Petrarch, 
Sonnet. 314. 2. parte, where he beginneth, 
/ vb piangendo i mici pafsati tempi, 
I quaipoji in aniar cofa mortale, 
Senza leuarmi a volo, hanena io Vale, 
Per darforfe di me 11011 bafsi efsempi. &c. 

LVgco iam qncrulus vita tot lujira per acta, 
Qua male confumpfi, mortalia vanafecutus, 
Cum tarn en alatus potui volitaffe per altum, 
Exemplarq. fuifse alijs, nee inutile for/an. 
Tu mea qui peccata vides, culpasq, nefaudas, 

Cceli fumme parens, magnum, & venerabile numen, 
Collapfce fuccurre animee ; mentifq. caducce 
Candida defectum tna gratia fnppleat mucin. 
Vt, qui fitftinui bcllum, durafq. procellas, 

I11 pace, & porta moriar ; minimcq. probanda 
Si mea vita fuit, tameu vt claudatur lionejle. 
Tantillo vitce fpacio, quod forte fupcrfit, 

Funeribufq. meis prafentem porrige dextravi; 
Jpfe vides, in te quam fpes mea tola repofia eft. 

FINIS. 



The Labour is light, where Loue is the Paiemiflres. 




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Blackman, Frederick, 4, Vork road, London, 
S.E. 

Bladon, James, Albion house, Pontypool 

Boston, U.S., Athenaeum (per Mr. H. T. Parker) 

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Parker) 

Bosworth, Rev. Joseph, LL.D., F.R.S., 20, Beau- 
mont street, Oxford 

Bremner, John A., Albert street, Manchester, 
Hon. Sec. 

Brooks, W. Cunliffe, M.A., F.S.A., Barlow hall, 
near Manchester 

Brothers, Alfred, 14, St. Ann's square, Manchester 



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Middleton Cheney, Banbury 

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^ Water street, Manchester 

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Mr. H. T. Parker) 

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near Birmingham 

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ings, Birmingham 

Christie, Professor, M.A., Owens College, Quay 
street, Manchester 

Coleridge, J. D., M.P., 6, Southwick crescent, 
London, W. 

Collie, John, Alderley Edge, Cheshire 

Collier, John Payne, F.S.A., Maidenhead 

Corser, Rev. Thomas, M.A., F.S.A., Rector}', 
Stand, near Manchester 

Cosens, F. W., Clapham park, London, S.W. 

Cowper, J. M., Davington, Faversham 

Crewdson, Thomas Dilworth, 8, Cecil street, 
Greenheys, Manchester 

Crossley, James, F.S.A., 2, Cavendish place, Ca- 
vendish street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Man- 
chester, President 

Croston, James, 6a, St. Ann's square, Manchester 

DAVIES, Robert, F.S.A., The Mount, 
York 
De La Rue, Colonel, 122, Hail ey street, London, W. 
Devonshire, His Grace the duke of, Devonshire 

house, Piccadilly, London, W. 
Dodds, Rev. James, The Abbey, Paisley, N.B. 
Downes, W. W., Bank, Nantwich 

T^LT, Charles Henry, 1, Noel street, Islington, 

J -' London, N. 

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chester 

Forster, John, Palace-gate house, Kensington, 
London, W. 

Fowle, W. F., Boston, U.S. (per Mr. H. T. 
Parker) 

Fry, Danby P., Poor-law Board, Whitehall, Lon- 
don, S.W. 

Furnivall, Frederick J., 3, Old square, Lincoln's 
inn, London, W.C. 

(~* EE, William, High street, Boston, Lincoln- 

^ shire 

Gibbs, Henry H., St. Dunstan's, Regent's park, 

London, N.W. 
Gibbs, William, Tyntesfield, near Bristol 
Gratrix, Samuel, 25, Alport town, Deansgate, 

Manchester 
Guild, James Wyllie, 3, Park circus, Glasgow 

ILTAILSTONE, Edward, F.S.A., Horton hall, 

*■ Bradford, Yorkshire 

Halliwell, James Orchard, F.R.S., &c. &c, 6, 

Tregunter road, London, S.W. 
Hamlin, Charles, 27, Virginia street, Glasgow 
Hargreaves, George James, Davyhulme, Manches- 

ter 
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Preston 
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street, Manchester 
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at (per Mr. E. G. Allen) 
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ton, Manchester 
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chester 
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Manchester 
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Hewitt, William, Hill side, Fallowfield 
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Manchester, Treasurer 
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JACKSON, H. B., Basford house, Whalley 
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Manchester 

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Jones, Herbert, 1, Church court, Clement's lane, 
London, E.C. 

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Manchester 

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chester. 

Jordan, Peter A., 606-614, Sansom street, Phila- 
delphia, U.S.A. (perTrlibner and Co., Pater- 
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London, N.W. 
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Knight, Joseph, 27, Camden square, London, 

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Manchester 

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don, E.C. 

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chester 

Mounsey, G. G., Castletown, near Carlisle 

Murdoch, James B., 27, Virginia street, Glasgow 

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Glamorganshire 
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London, S.E. 

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Oxford Union Society (per Mr. Thomas Harris, 
steward) 

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x Palin, Captain, Police office, Manchester 
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Glasgow 
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park, London, W. (Two Copies.) 
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Paterson, William S., 8, Gordon street, Glasgow 
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Peace, Mask ell W., Green hill, Wigan 
Peel, George, Soho foundry, Manchester 
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London, W. 

QUARITCH, Bernard, 15, Piccadilly, Lon- 
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combe, Kent 

Russell, J. R., 1, Stanley place, Paisley road, 
Glasgow 

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Manchester 
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Slingluff, C. B., Baltimore (per Mr. B. F. Stevens, 

London) 
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Snelgrove, Arthur G., London hospital, London E. 
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Stevens, B. F., 17, Henrietta street, Covent garden, 

London, W.C. 
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Stone, Edward D., Eton 
Sudlow, John, Whalley range, Manchester 
Slithers, Charles, Riversvale, Ashton-under-Lyne 
Swindells, George H., 19, Ancoats grove, Man- 
chester 

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street, Cavendish square, London, W. 
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Wigan 
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Thompson, F., South parade, Wakefield 
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Thorpe, Rev. J. F., Heme hill vicarage, Faver- 

sham, Kent 
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mingham 
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London, N.W. 

"yERNON, George V., Osborne terrace, Stret- 

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on-Tyne 
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W.C. 



Publications of tfje Spenser ^>octetp, 



Issue No. 6. 
THE 

e EKATOMIIA0IA 

OR 

PASSIONATE CENTURIE 

OF 



LOVE 



BY 

THOMAS WATSON 



REPRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL EDITION 
OF (circa) 1581 



PRINTED FOR THE SPENSER SOCIETY 
1869 



WATSON'S; 

EKATOMIIA0IA 
OR 

PASSIONATE 

CENTURIE 

OF 

LOVE 



Spenser 



From Hebers Sale Catalogue, Part 4 (1834). 



No. 2870. The 'EKATOMIIA&IA or Paffionate Centurie 
of Loue, Diuided into two parts : whereof, the firft expreffeth 
the Authors fufferance in Loue : the latter, his long farewell 
to Loue and all his tyrannie. Compofed by Thomas Watfon 
Gentleman ; and publifhed at the requeft of certaine Gentle- 
men his very frendes. London Imprinted by Iohn Wolfe for 
Gabriell Cawood, dwellinge in Paules Churchyard at the 
Signe of the Holy Ghost. 

" Unqueftionably one of the rareft books in the whole range of Englifh 
poetry. Steevens and others have termed thefe poems ' Sonnets ' ; but the 
only 'Sonnet' by Watfon, properly fo called, is the ' Quatorzain,' which intro- 
duces the main body of the volume, and which is ftrictly upon the Italian 
model. Watfon was too well acquainted with the true form of the Sonnet, 
(which was introduced into Englifh by Lord Surrey) to call thefe productions 
by that designation : each confifts not of fourteen but Of eighteen lines. It is 
to be doubted if there be another perfect copy in exiftence, and Mr. Heber 
lent the prefent for the fabrication of the article upon the Hekatompathia in the 
BritiJJi Bibliographer, vol. iv. It was entered in the books of the Stationers 
Company in 1581, and it was printed either in that year, or very early in the 
next. Watfon was dead when Nafh publifhed his ' Have with you to Saffron 
Walden,' for he there fays — 'A man he was I dearly loved and honoured, 
and for all things hath left few of his equals in England.' " 



1869-70 



NOTICE. 



The firft portion of the Reprint of the later Works of JOHN TAYLOR 
the Water Poet not included in the Folio Volume is in the Prefs, 
and will form Iffue No. 7 of the Spenfer Society's Publications. It 
will include the following rare Tracts by this Author : 

Taylor on Thame Bis : or the Defcription of the two famous Riuers of Thame and Lfis, who 
being conioyned or combined together, are called Thamifis or Thames. London, Printed 
by John Haviiqnd. 1632. 

The Old, Old, very Old Man: or The Age and long Life of Thomas Pay, the Sonne of John 
Parr of Wilmington in the Parifh of Alberbury ; in the County of Salopp, (or Skropjhire) 
who was Borne in the Raigne of King Edward the 4th, and is now living in the Strand, 
being aged 152 yeares and odd Monethes. London, Printed for Henry Goffon. 1635. 

Part of this Summers Travels, or News from Hell, Hull, and Hallifax, from York, Linne, 
Leicejler, Chejler, Coventry, Lichfield, Nottingham, and the Divells Ars a Peake. Imprinted 
by J. O. [1639.] 

The Praife of the Needle. Printed for James Baler. 1640. 

Differing Worfhips, or, The Oddes, between fome Knights Sendee and God's. Printed for 
William Ley. 1640. 

A fwarme of feclaries, and Schifmatiques : wherein is difcovered the ftrange preaching (or 
prating) of fuch as are by their trades Coblers, Tinkers, Pedlers, Weavers, Sowgelders, 
and Chymney-Sweepers. Printed luckily, and may be read unhappily &c. 1641. 

Religions Enemies. With a brief and ingenious Relation, as by Anabaptifts, Brownijls, Pa- 
pi/Is, Familijls, Atheijis, and Foolifls, fawcily prefuming to toffe Religion in a Blanquet. 
Printed at London for Thomas Bates. 1641. 

A Pedlar and a Romifh Prieft, in a very hot Difcourfe, full of Mirth, Truth, Wit, Folly, and 
Plain-dealing. Printed in the year 1641. 

A plea for Prerogative : or, Give Ca/ar his due. Being the Wheele of Fortune turn'd round : 
Or, The World turned topfie-turvie. London, printed for T. Bankes. 1642. 

Mad Fafhions, Od Fafhions, All out of Fafhions, or, The Emblems of thefe Diffracted times. 
London, printed by John Hammond, for Thomas Banks, 1642. 

The Complaint of Chriftmas, written after Twelfetide, and Printed before Candlemas. Prin- 
ted at the charges of the Author. [1642.] 

The whole Life and Progreffe of Henry Walker the Ironmonger. Printed at London 1642. 

AClufterof Coxcombes; or a Cinquepaceof five forts of Knaves and Fooles: Namely, The Do- 
natijls, Pitblicans, Difciplinarians, Anabaptijls, and Brownijls; their Originals, Opinions, 
Confutations, and (in a word), their Heads Roundly jolted together. July 13. Printed for 
Richard Webb, 1642. 

A full and compleet Anfwer againft the Writer of a late Volume fet forth, entituled A Tale in 
a Tub, or A Tub Ledlure: with a Vindication of that ridiculous name called Round-Heads. 
London, printed for F. Cowles, T. Bates, and T. Banks. 1642. 
• The Kings moft excellent Majefties Wellcome to his owne Houfe, truly called trie Honour of 
Hampton Court. Printed in the yeare 1647. 

A Short Relation of a Long Journey made round or ovall by encompaffmg the Principalitie 
of Wales, from London, through and by the Counties of Middle/ex and Buckingham, Berks, 
Oxonia, Warwick, Stafford, Chejler, Flint, Denbigh, Anglejey, Carnarvon ; Merioneth, 
Cardigan, Pembroke, Caermarden, Glamorgan. Monmouth, Glocejler, &*c. Performed by 
the Riding, Going, Crawling, Running, and Writing of John Taylor, dwelling at the sign 
• of the Poets-Head, in Phenix Alley, near the midle of Long Aker or Ccroent Garden. [1653.] 






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